Novel coronavirus cases in India breached the 20-lakh mark on Thursday with various states such as Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu recording massive spikes in new confirmed cases of Covid-19.
As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Covid-19 bulletin, last updated at 8 am on August 6, India’s tally of confirmed cases stood at 19,64,536. This was inclusive of 5,95,501 active cases, 13,28,336 patients discharged after recovery and 40,699 deaths.
The official number of total Covid-19 cases, however, remains at 19.64 lakhs as the Ministry of Health’s Covid dashboard is updated at 8 AM each morning.
Maharashtra, the state with the most number of Covid-19 cases in all of India, recorded 11,514 fresh cases on Thursday. This takes Maharashtra’s tally of confirmed cases to 4,79,779. A total of 3,16,375 patients have recovered from the infection in the state, 10,854 in the last 24 hours. There are 1,46,305 active cases in the state as on August 6, as per Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope.
Andhra Pradesh followed Maharashtra to report the second-most fresh cases on Thursday. With 10,328 new cases, Andhra’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases now stands at 1,96,789. This includes 82,166 active cases, 1,12,870 patients discharged after recovery and 1753 who succumbed to the infection to date.
Similarly, the state of Karnataka reported 6805 fresh cases, Tamil Nadu 5684 new cases and Uttar Pradesh 4589 fresh cases followed by West Bengal with 2954 new cases. As many as 1699 more cases were recorded in Odisha, 1299 in Delhi, 1298 in Kerala and 1034 in Gujarat along with 830 fresh cases in Madhya Pradesh.
On Thursday, the global tally of Covid-19 cases exceeded 1,88,51,834 with US and Brazil with the most cases followed by India, Russia and South Africa. The infection has claimed 7,08,540 lives across the globe with the US leading in casualties followed by Brazil, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
On July 17 of this year, former Congress president and Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad in Kerala Rahul Gandhi had urged the Centre to take concrete steps to contain the pandemic. In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi had stated, “10,00,000-mark has been crossed. If Covid-19 spreads at this pace, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in the country”.
