NEW DELHI: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and UP are contributing bulk of India’s total and active COVID case load and fatalities.
Six in every 10 of the total 4,294,613 COVID-19 cases, more than six in ten of all currently active 882542 cases and seven in every ten among the total 71,642 deaths are coming from these five states.
New Health Ministry data shows these five stares are contributing 60 per cent of total cases with Maharashtra at the top with 21.6 pc, followed by Andhra Pradesh (11.8 pc), Tamil Nadu (11.0 pc) Karnataka (9.5 pc) and Uttar Pradesh at 6.3 pc.
Maharashtra also contributed 26.76 per cent of the active cases in the country, followed by Andhra Pradesh (11.30 pc), Karnataka (11.25 pc),Uttar Pradesh (6.98 pc) and Tamil Nadu (5.83 pc).
These five states presently contribute 62 per cent — 32,50,429 — of the total active case today.
In the last 24 hours, Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest recoveries with 11,915 newly recovered cases. Karnataka and Maharashtra saw 9,575 and 7,826 recoveries while Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh witnesses 5820 and 4779 new recoveries,respectively. These five states together contributed 57 per cent of the recoveries in the last 24 hours.
On a continuous upward trajectory, India’s total recovered cases have crossed 32.5 lakh today, with 69,564 patients being discharged in the last 24 hours.
This has resulted in the Recovery Rate touching 77.31 per cent.
Case fatality rate in India is now 1.70 pent cent.
Meanwhile, daily cases rose by 90,802 today while daily recoveries rose by 69,564.
The gap is worrisome, sources said.