India had reported 49,134 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, which remained higher than the count in the US (48,622) and Brazil (17,988), as per the website.
However, there was a silver lining in India’s rising Covid-19 graph on Tuesday — for the first time in weeks, active cases in the country decreased by 874, data from state governments reveals.
The drop in active cases means there are less number of people to spread the infection. This happens when the number of recoveries and deaths is higher than fresh cases. day. However, it remains to be seen whether the trend holds in the coming days.
Both the number of fresh cases and deaths rose slightly on Tuesday with the tally of new infections crossing the 50,000 mark again after a one-day gap and fatalities rising to 842, the second-highest single-day toll so far. This was the second consecutive day of the toll staying over 800. The highest single-day deaths (848) were recorded on Saturday.
India reported 51,051 fresh infections on Tuesday, taking the country’s total Covid-19 tally past 19 lakh to 19,04,719, according to data from state governments. Recoveries rose by 51,083 to nearly 12.8 lakh while active cases stood at 5,86,348.
Uttar Pradesh became the sixth state to cross 1 lakh in total cases. The day’s count of cases was the highest in Andhra Pradesh at 9,747, which pushed Maharashtra (7,760) to second place.
At least three states reported their highest single-day spike in cases — Karnataka (6,259), Bengal (2,752) and Assam (2,371).
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READ MORE In Maharashtra, the death toll in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region that witnessed a large number of Covid-19 cases in July crossed the 10,000 mark. The toll in the region, including Mumbai and eight other municipal corporations, is now 10,088.
Maharashtra also recorded its second-highest fatalities in a day (300), taking the cumulative Covid-19 fatalities to 16,142, breaching the 16,000 mark. The highest single-day mortality seen was 322 on August 1. Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 7,760 cases, the lowest in six days. This took the total cases in the state to 4,57,956.
In a silver lining, the state discharged a record number of 12,326 people in a single day, the highest so far, taking its total recoveries to 2.99 lakh, very close to the 3 lakh mark. For the fourth day in a row, the daily discharges were higher than the daily addition.
Karnataka also reported more number of discharges than fresh cases for the second consecutive day, with 6,777 patients being declared cured.
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READ MORE Bengaluru witnessed a record number of discharges — 4,274 — and reported 2,035 positive cases in a day. In the past 24 hours, 30 persons died in Bengaluru, taking its toll to 1,134 so far. The state reported 110 deaths, taking the total toll to 2,704.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded its lowest single-day tally with 674 new cases on Tuesday. Twelve people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, authorities said, adding that this was the lowest death toll reported in a day in over two months.
The Covid-19 toll in Tamil Nadu crossed the 100 mark for the second day on Tuesday, when the state registered 108 deaths. TN also added 5,063 fresh cases, taking active cases to 55,152, including 11,856 in Chennai. The TN case tally is now 2,68,285 and toll 4,349.