Coronavirus: After 5 Days Of Downward Trend, India Again Sees Sharp Spike Of Over 64K New Cases | Check State-Wise Data

Coronavirus India: India’s active cases are less that one-fourth of the overall positive cases recorded so far.Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total of 6,15,477 cases and 20,687 deaths. Government has said that one of the three vaccine candidates would enter the third phase of the pre-clinical human trials by Wednesday

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Coronavirus India: After showing downward trend for five days, India’s covid-19 figures again registered a major jump of over 64,000 in fresh cases  and over 1000 deaths in last 24 hours, signaling  that the guards should not be unfastened anytime now. As per the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, a spike of 64,531 cases and 1092 deaths was reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally in the country rises to 27,67,274 including 6,76,514 active cases, 20,37,871 discharged/migrated & 52,889 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. On Tuesday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan called the coronavirus situation in the country "reassuring", with the daily infection rate, as well as the fatality rate, having shown a downward trend in the last five days, however, a steep rise was recorded again on Wednesday. "In the context of pandemic, this is a short time, but we must be satisfied that the results are showing. Both the parameters show a satisfactory situation but there is no reason for us to slacken our guard. We must be alert," he had said on Wednesday, analyzing data of the previous five days. Active cases less than 1/4^th of total tally India’s active cases are less that one-fourth of the overall positive cases recorded so far. “An effectively implemented policy of "TEST,TRACK,TREAT" has ensured that the Active Cases are less than 1/4th of the total Covid-19 cases,” Ministry of Health has said. Higher number of recoveries & declining fatality has shown that India's graded strategy has worked, it had said. Vaccine hope: Alluding to vaccine development in the country, government has said that one of the three vaccine candidates would enter the third phase of the pre-clinical human trials by Wednesday. However, they did not reveal the names of the vaccine. India has currently three vaccine candidates for Covid-19 -- ChAdOx1, developed by Oxford University and manufactured jointly by the Serum Institute of India, Pune and AstraZeneca; Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, jointly developed with the Indian Council of Medical Research; and Zycov D by Zydus Cadila. Worst-hit states: Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total of 6,15,477 cases and 20,687 deaths; followed by Tamil Nadu with 3,49,654 cases and 6,007 deaths. The southern state is followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Bihar.

S. No	States & Uts	Active Cases	Cured Cases	Deaths
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1078	1421	30
2	Andhra Pradesh	85130	218311	2820
3	Arunachal Pradesh	921	1949	5
4	Assam	23704	58294	203
5	Bihar	28692	80330	476
6	Chandigarh	1032	1243	30
7	Chhattisgarh	5828	10847	158
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	425	1524	2
9	Delhi	11068	139447	4226
10	Goa	3861	8356	116
11	Gujarat	14279	63703	2820
12	Haryana	7081	41298	557
13	Himachal Pradesh	1293	2923	19
14	Jammu and Kashmir	6879	21886	561
15	Jharkhand	8708	15507	262
16	Karnataka	79798	156949	4201
17	Kerala	16333	31390	175
18	Ladakh	598	1395	17
19	Madhya Pradesh	10521	35713	1141
20	Maharashtra	156920	437870	20687
21	Manipur	1958	2789	18
22	Meghalaya	766	685	6
23	Mizoram	481	379	0
24	Nagaland	1848	1664	8
25	Odisha	18856	45315	362
26	Puducherry	3364	4909	123
27	Punjab	11740	21762	898
28	Rajasthan	14119	48960	898
29	Sikkim	450	755	2
30	Tamil Nadu	53860	289787	6007
31	Telengana	20990	73991	719
32	Tripura	2083	5497	65
33	Uttarakhand	4073	8724	164
34	Uttar Pradesh	50242	109607	2585
35	West Bengal	27535	92690	2528
Total#		676514	2037870	52889

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