Corona Update: With over 8000 cases for the third day, India nears 2 lakh cases; struggles to curb the virus

INDIA: The number of COVID-19 cases in India is rapidly increasing day by day. India has progressed to the 7^th position surpassing France & Germany. With this substantial increase in number of cases and no vaccine, India may soon become the worst hit country in the world.

India’s COVID-19 count inched closer to the grim milestone of 2 lakh-mark. The states registered over 8,000 fresh cases for the third straight day. The total number of coronavirus patients in India rose to 198,706.

Atleasr 204 deaths were reported on Monday, the third highest number of deaths in a single day, taking the total to 5598. Maharashtra alone reported 76 deaths on Monday.

The number of active COVID-19 patients in the country rose to 97,581 on Tuesday. 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. On the positive side, 95,526 people were recovered from the disease. India’s recovery rate from novel coronavirus disease zoomed to 48% on Tuesday, the highest so far.

Maharashtra continues to record the highest fresh cases in the country while Tamil Nadu registered its biggest one day surge with over 1100 in the last 24 hours. However, there’s a slight decline in fresh cases reported from National Capital.

Top States/UTs to record Highest fresh cases:

Name of State / UT	New cases	New deaths
Maharashtra	2358	76
Tamil Nadu	1162	11
Delhi	990	50
Gujarat	421	25
Uttar Pradesh	252	4

Maharashtra is the worst-affected area with 36040 active cases. The state has currently reported 29329 cured cases and 2286 deaths. There are 67655 total cases of coronavirus. 

Delhi has reported 10893 active cases with 8478 discharged cases and 473 deaths. The state has reported 19844 cases of coronavirus so far.

Gujarat has 5822 active cases with 9919 cured cases and 1038 deaths. There is 16779 total of coronavirus cases.

Tamil Nadu has 22333 total cases of coronavirus. The state has 9403 active cases with 12757 cured cases and 173 deaths. 

Out of 7823 total cases in Uttar Pradesh, 2901 cases are active cases of coronavirus. The state has 4709 cases of curedpatients and 213 deaths. 

Madhya Pradesh has reported 8089 cases of coronavirus, out of which 2897 cases are active. The state has reported 4842 curedcases and 350 deaths.

There are certain states in India where the active cases are lower in number. Some north-east states have shown the lowest number of coronavirus cases. This has made them a safe haven.

Some north-east states such as Mizoram has reported only 1 case of coronavirus. The state has now 0 cured/ migrated/ discharged cases and deaths. Nagaland has 43 active cases with 0 cured/ migrated/ discharged cases and deaths. 

Although, Assam has reported having one of the highest numbers of coronavirus cases amongst all north-east states. The state has reported 1083 active cases with 185 cured/ migrated/ discharged cases and 4 deaths. So far, Assam has recorded 1272 cases of coronavirus.

In contrary to Assam, Sikkim has reported only 1 active case of coronavirus. The state has neither show any cases of cured/ migrated/ discharged nor any death reports. Nagaland has 43 active cases that are considered to be total cases of infection. Just like Sikkim, the state has not reported any cured/ migrated/ discharged cases with nill deaths.

The active increasing of coronavirus has resulted in a strong change in lifestyle. With new guidelines initiated by the government, the country has immensely failed to control the cases of coronavirus. 

STATE/UTs Highlights:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Maharashtra	37543	2362	70013
2	Tamil Nadu	10141	184	23495
3	Delhi	11565	523	20834
4	Gujarat	5357	1063	17200
5	Rajasthan	2742	198	8980
6	Madhya Pradesh	2922	358	8283
7	Uttar Pradesh	3015	217	8075
8	West Bengal	3141	325	5772
9	Bihar	2002	24	3926
10	Andhra Pradesh	1341	64	3783
11	Karnataka	2028	52	3408
12	Telengana	1213	88	2792
13	Jammu and Kashmir	1624	31	2601
14	Haryana	1280	21	2356
15	Punjab	256	45	2301
16	Odisha	852	7	2104
17	Assam	1109	4	1390
18	Kerala	708	10	1326
19	Uttarakhand	730	6	958
20	Jharkhand	358	5	659
21	Chhattisgarh	424	1	547
22	Tripura	247	0	420
23	Himachal Pradesh	213	5	340
24	Chandigarh	91	4	294
25	Manipur	72	0	83
26	Ladakh	34	0	77
27	Puducherry	49	0	74
28	Goa	29	0	71
29	Nagaland	43	0	43
30	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	0	33
31	Meghalaya	14	1	27
32	Arunachal Pradesh	21	0	22
33	Dadar Nagar Haveli	2	0	3
34	Mizoram	0	0	1
35	Sikkim	1	0	1