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NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic in India reached another sombre milestone on Tuesday when the number of cases recorded so far in August crossed the 1.5 million (15 lakh) mark on a day when 1,071 deaths from the virus were reported, the second highest single-day toll so far.
Fresh cases reported on Tuesday zoomed past the 66,000 mark after a gap of two days, taking the total tally past 32 lakh, as per data collated from state governments. Active cases too rose slightly by a little over 1,000, after a big drop on Monday, to over 7 lakh.
August has so far seen over 15.3 lakh cases in India. This is the second highest count of cases recorded in any country during a month after the US, where close to 2 million (20 lakh) infections were reported in July. This is also the highest tally of cases in the world this month.
Covid-19 fatalities rose to 1,071 in India on Tuesday, with deaths reported from as many as 28 states and UTs. While Maharashtra recorded 329 deaths, the toll surged sharply in Karnataka, where 148 fatalities were reported. Other states with a high death toll on Tuesday were Tamil Nadu (107), Andhra Pradesh (92), UP (72), Bengal (58) and Punjab (49).
While the number of fresh cases in Maharashtra dipped from the previous day’s figure of over 11,000 to 10,425, infections surged in Andhra Pradesh (9,927 new cases), Karnataka (8,161, back to over 8,000 after five days) and UP (5,124). In Tamil Nadu, fresh cases remained steady at 5,951. The highest single-day spike in infections was seen in Telangana (2,579), Kerala (2,375), Rajasthan (1,370), MP (1,374), Chhattisgarh (1,467) and Puducherry (571).
Maharashtra crossed the 7-lakh mark on Tuesday with its steady addition of 10,000-plus new Covid-19 cases almost every day. The grim milestone, however, was reached on a day Mumbai reported its lowest daily addition in 105 days. Civic authorities though attributed the hefty dip to a technical glitch in downloading case details from the ICMR website. Mumbai reported 587 new Covid19 cases, the lowest since May 12.
Andhra Pradesh reported 9,927 Covid-19 cases and 92 deaths on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 3,71,639. The toll increased to 3,460 and 9,419 patients were declared cured on Tuesday.Telangana on Tuesday recorded 2,579 new cases of Covid-19. So far, the total number of cases in the state stand at 1 lakh.
Fresh cases reported on Tuesday zoomed past the 66,000 mark after a gap of two days, taking the total tally past 32 lakh, as per data collated from state governments. Active cases too rose slightly by a little over 1,000, after a big drop on Monday, to over 7 lakh.
August has so far seen over 15.3 lakh cases in India. This is the second highest count of cases recorded in any country during a month after the US, where close to 2 million (20 lakh) infections were reported in July. This is also the highest tally of cases in the world this month.
Covid-19 fatalities rose to 1,071 in India on Tuesday, with deaths reported from as many as 28 states and UTs. While Maharashtra recorded 329 deaths, the toll surged sharply in Karnataka, where 148 fatalities were reported. Other states with a high death toll on Tuesday were Tamil Nadu (107), Andhra Pradesh (92), UP (72), Bengal (58) and Punjab (49).
While the number of fresh cases in Maharashtra dipped from the previous day’s figure of over 11,000 to 10,425, infections surged in Andhra Pradesh (9,927 new cases), Karnataka (8,161, back to over 8,000 after five days) and UP (5,124). In Tamil Nadu, fresh cases remained steady at 5,951. The highest single-day spike in infections was seen in Telangana (2,579), Kerala (2,375), Rajasthan (1,370), MP (1,374), Chhattisgarh (1,467) and Puducherry (571).
Maharashtra crossed the 7-lakh mark on Tuesday with its steady addition of 10,000-plus new Covid-19 cases almost every day. The grim milestone, however, was reached on a day Mumbai reported its lowest daily addition in 105 days. Civic authorities though attributed the hefty dip to a technical glitch in downloading case details from the ICMR website. Mumbai reported 587 new Covid19 cases, the lowest since May 12.
Andhra Pradesh reported 9,927 Covid-19 cases and 92 deaths on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 3,71,639. The toll increased to 3,460 and 9,419 patients were declared cured on Tuesday.Telangana on Tuesday recorded 2,579 new cases of Covid-19. So far, the total number of cases in the state stand at 1 lakh.
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