India has crossed the tally of 1 lakh fresh Covid cases which is the biggest-ever daily surge, taking the caseload to 1,25,89,067. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a high-level review meeting on Sunday.
After the review meeting, PM Modi reiterated the importance of the five-fold strategy of testing, tracing, treatment, Covid-appropriate behavior and vaccination as an effective way to fight the global pandemic.
A government statement released on Sunday said, the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases could be mainly attributed to the severe negligence in following Covid-19 guidelines, primarily in terms of use of masks and maintaining social distancing pandemic fatigue and lack of effective implementation of containment measures at the field-level
India’s worst-hit state Maharashtra saw the highest-ever daily surge with 57,074 fresh infections on Sunday. Mumbai recorded the highest-ever single-day spike with 11,163 new infections, taking the city’s Covid-19 tally to 4,52,445 cases.
Delhi also recorded a huge spike of 4,000 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the Covid tally to 6,76,414 infections, the highest daily surge this year. The national capital is amongst the top five states that reported the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours.
Chhattisgarh has recorded 5,250 fresh cases, Karnataka reported 4,553 infections and Uttar Pradesh has 4,136 fresh cases of Covid-19. These three are the other states that saw the biggest spike in cases in the last 24 hours, the government data shows.
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The surge in cases comes ahead of polling in four states – Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala – and Pondicherry, a union territory. The Election Commission has ensured Covid-19 protocols are strictly followed at polling booths.