At 24,900, India reports highest new COVID-19 cases in 2021

The singleday rise of new Covid19 cases in India on Saturday is the countrys highest tally so far this yearIt recorded 24882 cases showing eight per cent increase since Friday There were 140 deaths in the last 24 hours according to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry With it the cumulative tally rose to 11333728 while the toll reached 158446The infection level in the country is back to what it was in December as it soared to 178 per cent from 155 within a weekIn the last four days the number of fatalities has spiked which earlier was hovering under 100The country on Friday reported 22885 new Covid19 cases 117 fatalities On Thursday India had reported 22854 Covid19 cases and 126 deaths while on Wednesday 17921 Covid19 cases and 133 deaths were recordedAs per the Ministrys data the active cases present in the country have breached 2lakh It was reported 202022 on SaturdayWith the discharge of 19957 patients in a day a total of 10973 260 persons have been discharged so farThe rise in the number of Covid19 cases which had so far appeared confined to Maharashtra and Punjab is now beginning to show up in several other statesStatesUTs such as Delhi Haryana Gujarat Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh have had very similar growth trajectories in recent weeksDelhi on Friday reported 431 cases a high not witnessed in over two monthsAs the number of Covid19 cases is rising across the country the Centre sounded a word of caution for states which are not yet seeing a surge but are at the thresholdNiti Aayog health member VK Paul on Thursday said the situation in Maharashtra was worrying as part of the state returns to strict lockdown However Maharashtra is not aloneWould like to caution DelhiNCR Gurugram part of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad too some extent These areas are seeing a slight rise in the number of cases Paul said adding that the pandemic is not over yetThe Ministry also informed that 840635 samples were tested on Friday The cumulative tests done by the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR so far stands at 225839273So far 28218457 doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after approval to Covishield and CovaxinThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever