Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new COVID-19 cases at 9,927, followed by Kerala with 2,316 and Punjab 1,027, said the Health Ministry on Wednesday.
It said 83.76% of the new cases are from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. India has reported 17,921 new daily cases in last 24 hours.
The Ministry said Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana continue to display an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
“The active caseload stands at 1.84 lakh [1,84,598] and samples being tested everyday have followed a continuous upward trajectory. The tests conducted have crossed 22 crores (22,34,79,877),’’ it said.
India has reported 133 deaths in the last 24 hours and Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh account for 77.44% of them. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (56) followed by Punjab (20) and Kerala (16).
Cumulative number of doses
The cumulative number of vaccine doses administered has crossed 2.52 crore on Wednesday.
Of the 9,22,039 vaccine doses given till 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 7,25,930 beneficiaries were vaccinated for first dose and 1,96,109 Healthcare worker (HCWs) and Frontline Workers (FLWs) the second, as per the provisional report. Final reports for the day would be computed by late tonight.
A total of 2,52,89,693 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report.
These include 71,70,519 HCWs (first dose) and 39,77,407 HCWs (second), 70,31,147 FLWs (first), 5,82,118 FLWs (second), 9,29,359 beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities and 55,99,143 who are more than 60 years old.
