Karnataka too reports surge in daily C cases

NEW DELHI: Karnataka became the sixth state to report a surge in the daily Covid cases as together they accounted for 85.95% of the new cases in the past 24 hours. More than 1.56 crore vaccine doses were administered till 7 am on Wednesday, including 5.22 lakh senior citizen and 71,896 aged more than 45 years with co-morbidities. The total includes 27.14 lakh taking the second dose, mostly the medical staff. A total of 14,991 new cases were registered in 24 hours, with Maharashtra topping with the highest 7,863 cases, followed by 2,938 in Kerala, 729 in Punjab, 462 in Tamil Nadu, 454 in Gujarat and 437 in Karnataka. The six states also accounted for 87% of the new recovered cases.

There were 98 fatalities in the last 24 hours, over half of them in Maharashtra alone that recorded 54 deaths, followed by 16 in Kerala and 10 in Punjab and 7 in Karnataka. Not a single death was reported in 24 of the 36 states / UTs. They are MP, Delhi, Telangana, Andhra, Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Goa, Bihar, Puducherry, Himachal, Assam, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, D&D, Mizoram, Arunachal, Ladakh (UT), Tripura, Nagaland and A&N Islands.

Over 1.08 crore (1,08,12,044) people have recovered so far with 13,123 getting discharged in 24 hours. The recovery rate is 97.06%. The cumulative total of India’s deaths reached 1,57,346, 1.41% of total found infected. As many as 7.85 lakh persons were tested for the virus in 24 hours, pushing the total to 21.84 crore.