{"id":122740,"date":"2021-03-11T13:44:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T08:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=122740"},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:59:09","slug":"india-covid-19-cases-surge-again-vaccination-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/india-covid-19-cases-surge-again-vaccination-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"India records 22,854 new Covid-19 cases, highest daily tally in two months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid intensive vaccination drive, India recorded its highest daily count of 22,854 Covid-19 cases-a two month high-in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time such a spike in daily cases was witnessed on December 25, when it registered 23,067 infections in a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 126 deaths in a day, the total fatalities mounted to 1,58,189, while the total active cases have increased to 1,89,226. The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,09,38,146 with a recovery rate of 96.92%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.40%, the data stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was on December 19 that India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the one-crore mark. According to the government data, the worst hit states that contributed to the surge in Covid-19 cases are Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Gujarat, Karnataka among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maharashtra is placed at the top in list of the worst hit states. The state has been under scrutiny with several districts imposing partial lockdowns or night curfews in the wake of the Covid-19 surge.Out of 126 new deaths reported, 54 are from Maharashtra, 17 from Punjab and 14 from Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The central government had stated that eight states and Union territories which include Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh had been showing an upward trend in daily new cases. The high level central teams have been deputed to these states to help them with the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), 22,42,58,293 samples have been tested up to March 10 with 7,78,416 samples being tested on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, over 2.5 crore people have received the vaccine in the nationwide vaccination drive launched in January by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The health ministry has ramped up the drive across with the second phase launched on March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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