Tamil Nadu sees over 8,000 Covid-19 cases for first time this year, 23 deaths reported

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 1 min read . Updated: 16 Apr 2021, 06:27 PM IST Staff Writer

Tamil Nadu reported 8,449 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, pushing the caseload to 9,71,384, while the death toll mounted to 13,032 with 33 more fatalities, the health department said.

According to a department bulletin, recoveries mounted to 8,96,759 today with 4,920 patients being discharged, leaving 61,593 active cases.

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10 states, including Tamil Nadu, account for 80% of new Covid cases

Ten states comprising Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a steep rise in daily new COVID-19 cases accounting for 79.10% of the new infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

India's daily new cases continue to climb as a record 2,17,353 new infections have been registered in a span of 24 hours.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 61,695. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 22,339 while Delhi reported 16,699 new cases.

India's total active cases has increased to 15,69,743 and now comprises 10.98% of the country's total infections. A net increase of 97,866 cases have been recorded in the total active case tally in a span of 24 hours.

Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala cumulatively account for 65.86% of India's total active cases.

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Maharashtra alone accounts for 39.60% of the total active cases in the country, the ministry said.

Sixteen states -- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal -- are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

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