The cumulative tally of the cases has risen to 1,13,85,339 while the death toll has reached 1,58,725 in India.
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India logged 25,320 new cases of Covid-19 and 161 deaths on Sunday; 24,882 new cases and 140 deaths on Saturday. On Friday, 22,885 Covid-19 cases and 117 fatalities were reported. On Thursday, India had reported 22,854 Covid-19 cases and 126 deaths while on Wednesday, 17,921 cases and 133 deaths were recorded. As per the Ministry's data, the active caseload in the country has reached 2,19,262, rising by 9,000 cases from the previous day.
With the discharge of 17,455 patients in a day, a total of 1,10,07,352 persons have been discharged so far. The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, which had so far appeared confined to Maharashtra and Punjab, is now beginning to show up in several other states. States/UTs such as Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh have had very similar growth trajectories in recent weeks. Delhi on Sunday reported 407 cases. It has continued recording over 400 cases for the fourth day in a row.
As the number of Covid-19 cases is rising across the country, the Centre has sounded a word of caution for states which are not yet seeing a surge but are at the threshold. Niti Aayog (health) member V.K. Paul last week said the situation of Maharashtra is worrying as part of the state is going back to strict lockdown. However, he shared his concern for other states as well.
"Would like to caution Delhi-NCR, Gurugram, part of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad to some extent. These areas are seeing a slight rise in the number of cases," Paul had said. The Ministry also informed that 7,03,772 samples were tested on Sunday. The cumulative tests done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) so far stands at 22,74,07,413. So far, 2,99,08,038 doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after approval for 'Covishield' and 'Covaxin'.
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