New Delhi: The total cases of COVID-19 in the country, including 77 foreign nationals mounted to 21393, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Of the total cases at least 16,454 are active cases, 4,257 people have recovered and 681 people have lost their lives.
Maharashtra reported 5,652 cases and 269 fatalities so far, followed by Gujarat with 2,407 cases and 103 deaths and Delhi with 2,248 cases and 48 deaths.
Number of people who recovered in Maharashtra stands at 789. In the national capital, it is 724 and in Gujarat 179 people have recovered so far.
Other states which have more than 1500 cases are Rajasthan (1890), Tamil Nadu (1629) and Madhya Pradesh (1592).
India registered 1,486 cases of Coronavirus on Wednesday alone, making it the second biggest spike since the begining of the pandemic in India. The total has now touched 20,471.
As many as 49 people died in 24 hours taking the Corona fatalities to 652.
As per the Health Mnistry, Coronavirus cases had jumped by 1,540 on Monday when the government also reported an improvement in the number of people who have recovered.
The recovery rate stood at 19.36 per cent this morning, with 618 patients recovering in a day.
The government health officials have said the speed of transmission is slowing due to the nationwide lockdown that began on March 25 and in place until at least May 3.
The “doubling rate” – the number of days it takes infections to multiply by two – had increased to 7.5 days, up from 3.4 days before the lockdown, Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said on Monday. “This is an extremely positive trend,” he said.
The disease has now spread to 430 districts, up from 211 on April 2, while six major cities account for about 45 per cent of the total cases across the country.
Mumbai tops the chart with over 3,000 cases, followed by Delhi at 2,081, Ahmedabad at 1,298, Indore at 915, Pune at 660 and Jaipur 537.
More than 60 percent of the cases are from just the top five states – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
