Coronavirus: India’s tally has surged to 1,02,44,852.
New Delhi:
Amid global fears over the new mutant strains of coronavirus, detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa, India recorded 20,549 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, 25 per cent higher than yesterday. India’s tally has surged to 1,02,44,852; 1.48 lakh deaths linked to the disease have been recorded so far.
While there has been a dip in daily surge in infections in the last few months, 20 cases of new mutant strain – first reported in the UK in September – have been recorded by India in two days, triggering concerns as the country waits for a vaccine.
More than 98.34 lakh people have recovered from Covid since the first case was reported on January 30 from Kerala; the country has over 2,62 lakh active cases, the government data shows.
On Tuesday, India, which has logged the second highest number of cases after the United States, saw the lowest daily rise in infections in over six months with 16,432 cases recorded in the previous 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Maharashtra has logged the most number of cases so far – 19.25 lakh, followed by Karnataka (9.15 lakh), Andhra Pradesh (8.81 lakh), Tamil Nadu (8.16 lakh), Kerala (7.49 lakh) and Delhi (6.24 lakh).
