5 States Account For Nearly 80% Of Active COVID-19 Cases: Health Ministry

New Delhi:

5 states cumulatively account for almost 80 per cent of the entire COVID-19 energetic circumstances within the nation with Maharashtra alone accounting for greater than 61 per cent of the energetic caseload, the Union Well being Ministry mentioned at the moment.

Other than Maharashtra, the 4 different states accounting for almost all of the energetic circumstances are Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh.

5 states specifically Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 79.30% of the entire energetic circumstances within the nation. Maharashtra leads with greater than 61% of the energetic caseload of the nation, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.

Eight states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh have additionally reported a surge within the COVID day by day new circumstances with 84.73 per cent of the brand new circumstances reported from these states, the Union Well being ministry mentioned.

A internet incline of 11,846 circumstances recorded from the entire energetic caseload within the final 24 hours, the ministry mentioned.

India’s whole Energetic Caseload has reached 5,52,566. It now includes 4.55 per cent of the nation’s whole optimistic circumstances.

Fourteen States/UTs haven’t reported any COVID-19 deaths within the final 24 hours. These are Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, Ladakh (UT), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

On the vaccination entrance, the ministry mentioned that greater than 6.30 crore (6,30,54,353) vaccine doses have been administered by 10,46,757 periods, as per the provisional report until 7 am at the moment.

These embody 82,16,239 healthcare staff (first dose), 52,19,525 HCWs (2nd dose), 90,48,417 frontline staff (first dose) and 37,90,467 FLWs (2nd Dose), 73,52,957 (1st Dose) and 6,824 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged greater than 45 years with particular co-morbidities and a couple of,93,71,422 (1st Dose) and 48,502 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged greater than 60 years.

As on Day-74 of the vaccination drive (thirtieth March), whole 19,40,999 vaccine doses got. Out of which, 17,77,637 beneficiaries have been vaccinated throughout 39,666 periods for 1st dose and 1,63,632 beneficiaries acquired 2nd dose of vaccine, it mentioned.
 

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