Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat turn major cause of worry in Covid

 Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat are turning out to be a major cause of worry as the three states are recording the highest daily new coronavirus cases. According to the data of the Health Ministry, six states namely Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu together account for 80.90 percent of the new cases.

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 24,645 (60.53 percent). It is followed by Punjab with 2,299 while Gujarat reported 1,640 new cases.

India recorded 40,715 infections in the last 24 hours, 13 percent lower than a day before, taking the total tally to 1,16,86,796 on Tuesday.

India's total active caseload is rising after touching its lowest mark in mid-February. It stands at  3,45,377 today. A net incline of 10,731 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

Three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, account for 75.15 percent of total active cases in the country. Maharashtra alone accounts for 62.71 percent of the total active cases in the country. The doubling time has decreased from 504.4 on March 1, to 202.3 on March 23. Last year at the time the lockdown was imposed on March 25, the doubling rate of Covid-19 cases was 3.4 days.

India's cumulative recoveries stand at 1,11,81,253 on Monday. The national recovery rate is 95.67 percent. About 29,785 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. One hundred and ninety-nine deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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