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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 pandemic continued to escalate, with a record 76,489 fresh cases being reported on Thursday and the daily count staying above the 76,000 mark for the second straight day. Deaths from the virus climbed to 1,081, the second-highest daily toll recorded so far.
With this, 16,86,162 infections have been reported so far in August, nearly equalling the number of cases recorded in all previous months put together (16,94,918), as per TOI’s data collated from state governments. The Covid-19 death toll in the month crossed 25,000 on Thursday. The previous highest toll in a month was 19,122 reported in July.
The surge in fresh cases over the past two days has led to a spike of nearly 35,000 active cases since Tuesday, the highest in recent days. There are over 7.4 lakh active cases in the country now even as recoveries have climbed to nearly 25.8 lakh.
Thursday’s count of fresh cases was the third highest single-day Covid-19 tally reported by any country, with only the US having recorded more — 78,427 on July 25 and 76,730 on July 17, as per figures from ourworldindata.org.
India’s total caseload stood at over 33.8 lakh late on Thursday while the death toll was 61,621.
Maharashtra continued to register the highest number of new cases and fatalities on Thursday. The state added 14,718 cases, marginally lower than Wednesday’s record high of 14,888. The death toll in the state was 355.
While Andhra Pradesh continued to report more than 10,000 daily cases (10,621 on Thursday), the sharpest spike in numbers came from Karnataka, where 9,386 fresh infections were recorded. This is the first time the state has added more than 9,000 cases in a day. The state also recorded 141 fatalities on Thursday.
Besides Karnataka, three other states reported their highest spike in infections — Odisha (3,384 new cases), Punjab (1,746) and Uttarakhand (728). Most other big states reported high numbers even as the daily count climbed to 1,840 in Delhi, its highest in 48 days.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu reached a grim milestone 173 days after its first Covid-19 case – the case tally reached four lakh and the death toll inched towards 7,000. “It’s a sad milestone and we should be prepared for many more,” said National Institute of Epidemiology deputy director Prabhdeep Kaur, who is on the state task force to combat the pandemic.
For the second day in a row, Maharashtra added over 14,000 new Covid19 cases in a day, taking the total cases in the state to 7,33,568. The month of August has seen a high addition of new cases, a total of 3.1 lakh new cases in just 27 days. By contrast, 2.5 lakh cases were added in the full month of July.
The state was back to reporting over 300 deaths in a day and reported 355 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday. The total death toll of the state was 23,444 on Thursday and the case fatality rate was 3.2%. Mumbai reported 1,350 new cases and 30 deaths, taking the total cases to 1,40,888 and deaths to 7535.
Karnataka on Thursday reported its highest single-day spurt of over 9,300 new cases and 141 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 3.09 lakh, the health department said. The cumulative death toll stood at 5,232, while there have been 2.19 lakh discharges.
With this, 16,86,162 infections have been reported so far in August, nearly equalling the number of cases recorded in all previous months put together (16,94,918), as per TOI’s data collated from state governments. The Covid-19 death toll in the month crossed 25,000 on Thursday. The previous highest toll in a month was 19,122 reported in July.
The surge in fresh cases over the past two days has led to a spike of nearly 35,000 active cases since Tuesday, the highest in recent days. There are over 7.4 lakh active cases in the country now even as recoveries have climbed to nearly 25.8 lakh.
Thursday’s count of fresh cases was the third highest single-day Covid-19 tally reported by any country, with only the US having recorded more — 78,427 on July 25 and 76,730 on July 17, as per figures from ourworldindata.org.
India’s total caseload stood at over 33.8 lakh late on Thursday while the death toll was 61,621.
Maharashtra continued to register the highest number of new cases and fatalities on Thursday. The state added 14,718 cases, marginally lower than Wednesday’s record high of 14,888. The death toll in the state was 355.
While Andhra Pradesh continued to report more than 10,000 daily cases (10,621 on Thursday), the sharpest spike in numbers came from Karnataka, where 9,386 fresh infections were recorded. This is the first time the state has added more than 9,000 cases in a day. The state also recorded 141 fatalities on Thursday.
Besides Karnataka, three other states reported their highest spike in infections — Odisha (3,384 new cases), Punjab (1,746) and Uttarakhand (728). Most other big states reported high numbers even as the daily count climbed to 1,840 in Delhi, its highest in 48 days.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu reached a grim milestone 173 days after its first Covid-19 case – the case tally reached four lakh and the death toll inched towards 7,000. “It’s a sad milestone and we should be prepared for many more,” said National Institute of Epidemiology deputy director Prabhdeep Kaur, who is on the state task force to combat the pandemic.
For the second day in a row, Maharashtra added over 14,000 new Covid19 cases in a day, taking the total cases in the state to 7,33,568. The month of August has seen a high addition of new cases, a total of 3.1 lakh new cases in just 27 days. By contrast, 2.5 lakh cases were added in the full month of July.
The state was back to reporting over 300 deaths in a day and reported 355 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday. The total death toll of the state was 23,444 on Thursday and the case fatality rate was 3.2%. Mumbai reported 1,350 new cases and 30 deaths, taking the total cases to 1,40,888 and deaths to 7535.
Karnataka on Thursday reported its highest single-day spurt of over 9,300 new cases and 141 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 3.09 lakh, the health department said. The cumulative death toll stood at 5,232, while there have been 2.19 lakh discharges.
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