COVID-19: India reports 14526609 cases, Delhi adds 19,486 cases

With a daily increase of 234,692 in total cases, the most in a day so far, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 14,291,917 on Friday to 14,526,609. It is an increase of 1.6%. Death toll has reached 175,649, with 1,341 fatalities, the most in a day so far. Now the second-most-affected country by active and total cases, fourth by death, and second recovered cases, India has added 1,320,683 cases in the past 7 days.

Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Chhattisgarh (30.07%), Goa (29.07%), Maharashtra (23.41%), Madhya Pradesh (22.13%), and Delhi (19.69%).

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 109,997 in active coronavirus cases, the most ever in a day, to take its count to 1,679,740. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 9.29 per cent (one in 11). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 234,692 cases, the most in a day yet, to take its total caseload to 14,526,609. And, with 1,341 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 175,649, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 3,004,544 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots on Friday, India’s total count of those inoculated reached 119,937,641. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 12,671,220 – or 87.23 per cent of total caseload – with 123,354 new cured cases being reported on Saturday.