Corona update: India records over 1.58 lakh confirmed cases; death toll rises to 4,534

INDIA: The growth of coronavirus is rapidly pacing upwards. The increasing number of cases has left the state without any choice but to ensure ‘social distancing’ as the sole social vaccine to prevent the expansion of the virus. India stands at the 10^th position with 1,58,333 cases. The death toll mounted to 4,534 with 67,749 recovered cases.

On Thursday, India reported over 6,500 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra alone reported most of the fresh COVID-19 cases with  2,190. The national capital also witnessed a huge surge in new cases recorded the highest one day spike with 792 cases.

Death toll has increased to 4,531 after 194 deaths were recorded in a single day—- highest so far. Of the 194 people who died, More than 50% deaths were recorded from Maharashtra alone, 23 deaths were recorded in Gujarat, 15 registered from Delhi and 12 were from Uttar Pradesh.

The number of active coronavirus patients in the country zoomed to 86,110. India stands at fifth position in highest number of active cases in the world and the numbers continue to rise with no sign of relief.

Top 10 states reporting New cases and new deaths: 

States/UTs	New Cases	New deaths
Maharashtra	2190	105
Tamil Nadu	817	6
Delhi	792	15
Uttar Pradesh	443	12
Gujarat	374	23
Madhya Pradesh	237	8
West Bengal	183	6
Rajasthan	167	3
Assam	165	0
Jammu & Kashmir	162	2

Maharashtra is the most affected state in the country with 36% coronavirus cases. The state confirmed more than 2,000 fresh cases and 105 new deaths in last 24 hours. With over 56,000 cases, Maharashtra has emerged as the worst-affected state and capital Mumbai has over 32,000 cases alone. Cities like Pune and Nashik are the other hotspots in Maharashtra. With 105 deaths in 24 hours, the number of deaths in the state rose to 2190, highest in India.

Tamil Nadu is the second worst-impacted state where 786 people have been found infected. With this, the total number of cases now reaches to 14,753 in the state. Whereas Delhi surpassed Gujarat on Thursday to become the third worst hit in the country with 15257 confirmed cases.

 Gujarat stands in the 4^th position with 15,195 cases of the novel coronavirus and 7,549 people have recovered from the virus. However, Gujarat records maximum number of deaths in the country after Maharashtra.

While the top ten worst hit states account for more than 80% of the total cases in the country, many other states are also reporting substantial numbers of patients indicating a much faster transmission of the virus in the country.

STATE/UT WISE HIGHLIGHT:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Active cases	Deaths**
1	Maharashtra	56948	37133	1897
2	Tamil Nadu	18545	8503	133
3	Delhi	15257	7690	303
4	Gujarat	15195	6708	938
5	Rajasthan	7703	3073	173
6	Madhya Pradesh	7261	3021	313
7	Uttar Pradesh	6991	2818	182
8	West Bengal	4192	2325	289
9	Andhra Pradesh	3171	1056	58
10	Bihar	3061	1963	15
11	Karnataka	2418	1590	47
12	Punjab	2139	181	40
13	Telengana	2098	751	63
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1921	1041	26
15	Odisha	1593	853	7
16	Haryana	1381	525	18
17	Kerala	1004	445	7
18	Assam	781	690	4
19	Uttarakhand	469	386	4
20	Jharkhand	448	259	4
21	Chhattisgarh	369	286	0
22	Chandigarh	279	88	4
23	Himachal Pradesh	273	198	5
24	Tripura	230	65	0
25	Goa	68	31	0
26	Ladakh	53	10	0
27	Puducherry	46	34	0
28	Manipur	44	40	0
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	0	0
30	Meghalaya	20	7	1
31	Nagaland	4	4	0
32	Arunachal Pradesh	2	1	0
33	Dadar Nagar Haveli	2	2	0
34	Mizoram	1	0	0
35	Sikkim	1	1	0

The case of coronavirus in Chhattisgarh has surged up with 369 cases including 83 people who have been recovered and discharged. The state has recorded only 1 death till date. There have been some complaints regarding the mismanagement in the quarantine facilities in the state.

Till now, no vaccine has been developed to prevent the progression of coronavirus. The people are required to follow the guidelines to prevent the transmission of the virus.