NEW DELHI: In the highest single-day spike, India on Sunday recorded daily high of 1,52,879
new coronavirus infections. Currently, there are 11,08,087 active cases in the country. The active cases breached the 11-lakh mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the
Union health ministry data.
According to the data released by the Union health ministry, the country recorded 1,52,879 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections has reached 1,33,58,805 in India.
The death toll increased to 1,69,275 with 839 daily new fatalities, the highest since October 18, 2020. The previous high was recorded on Saturday when the country reported 1,45,384 fresh Covid positive cases in a single day.
Registering a steady increase for the 32nd day in row, the active cases increased to 11,08,087 comprising 8.29% of the
total infections, while the recovery rate further dropped to 90.44%, the ministry said.
The 1.5 lakh count was crossed just six days after daily cases went past the 1-lakh mark, a 50% rise in less than a week. The peak count during the first wave of infections was 98,795, recorded on September 17, as per TOI’s corona database.
While
Maharashtra has been the worst hit by the second Covid wave and continues to lead the count of daily cases by a wide margin, the rest of India has seen a much sharper surge in infections in the past two weeks, particularly after
Holi. Maharashtra’s share in the daily national case count has dropped from the peak of 65% on March 18 to 36.4% on April 9. Maharashtra on Saturday reported 55,411 fresh cases and 309 deaths. Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh reported 14,098 new infections, up from 11,447 on the previous day, while deaths climbed to 123 from 91 on Friday.
The active caseload was at its lowest at 1,35,926 on February 12 and at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went pas 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 14,12,047 samples were tested for COvid-19 infection on Saturday. With this, the total samples tested in the country reached 25,66,26,850.
The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India crossed the 10 crore mark and as many as 10,15,95,147 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country so far.
(With inputs from agencies)