Weekly cases rise in 25 states/UTs | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The explosive rise of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra has been driving the surge in nationwide numbers for the previous two weeks, however infections are climbing in many different elements of the nation as effectively. Last week, as many as 25 out of 36 states and Union territories noticed a rise in cases.
Of these, 13 states and the UT of Chandigarh recorded over 100 extra cases than in the earlier week. Nationally, Covid-19 cases rose by 19% in the course of the week (February 22-28) over the earlier seven days. The spurt was led by Maharashtra, which recorded 54,186 contemporary cases in the course of the interval, the best weekly depend in the state since October 11-18 and a surge of 48% over the earlier week.
Punjab recorded a rise of 72%, with 1,554 extra cases detected than in the earlier week. Haryana noticed a surge of 54%, Gujarat 50%, Delhi 46%, Andhra Pradesh 44%, Madhya Pradesh 31%, Rajasthan 28%, Jharkhand 26% and Uttar Pradesh 23%. Even in Tamil Nadu, which has seen an uninterrupted fall in weekly cases since at the very least mid-November, infections registered a slight rise of 3.5%.
On the opposite hand, Kerala noticed a steep 20% fall in cases as in contrast with the earlier week. On (*25*), India recorded 12,262 contemporary cases, as per TOI’s knowledge collated from state governments. This was a drop from the day prior to this’s depend of 15,615 however greater than the quantity reported final (*25*) (10,570) — indicating that Covid numbers had been nonetheless on the rise in the nation. Deaths from the virus dropped under 100 after six days, with 90 fatalities recorded on (*25*).