Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh & MP witness an upsurge in daily new Covid cases

The Samikhsya Bureau

NEW DELHI: The latest update released by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on Saturday has revealed an alarming trend. Five Indian states – Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh & MP – have witnesses an upsurge in daily new Covid cases.

No new Covid fatality has been reported in 18 States/UTs in the last 24 hours.

Kerala continues to report high number of daily new cases.

In last seven days, Chhattisgarh has also seen a rise in daily active new cases. In last 24 hours, 259 daily new cases have been reported.

The update shiows that in the past week, Maharashtra has exhibited a spike in the number of daily new cases, accounting for highest number of daily new cases in the country today. In last 24 hours, 6,112 daily new case has been reported in the state.

Similar to Maharashtra, Punjab has also shown a sudden spike in the number of daily new cases reported in last 7 days with 383 daily new cases in last 24 hours.

Since, 13th Feb 2021, Madhya Pradesh is also witnessing a rise in number of daily new cases. In last 24 hours, 297 daily new cases have been registered in the state.

The importance of adherence of COVID appropriate behavior is strongly reiterated for breaking the chain of transmission of the virus and containment of spread of the disease.

However, with the better healthcare infrastructure facilities and Test-Track-Treat method, more than 21 crore (21,02,61,480) tests have been conducted in the country.

The cumulative national Positivity Rate has seen a consistent decline in last thirteen days. It presently stands at 5.22%, the Ministry maintained.

A total of 1.06 Cr (1,06,67,741) people has recovered so far. 10,307 patients have recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours. India’s Recovery Rate at 97.27% is amongst the highest in the world.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,854 newly recovered cases. 2,159 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 467 in Tamil Nadu.

More than 1.07 crore vaccine doses have already been been administered against Covid-19, the upadate stated.

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