Maha, 7 other states show rising trajectory in COVID-19 cases: Health Ministry

A rising trajectory of daily new cases is visible in eight states and UTs including Delhi and Maharashtra while Kerala is showing a declining trend the Health Ministry said on SaturdayThe ministry said Maharashtra Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 7622 per cent of Indias total active caseload with Maharashtra contributing to 62 per cent of such cases while Kerala and Punjab account for 883 per cent and 536 per cent of active cases respectivelyThe top five districts in Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases are Pune 37384 Nagpur 25861 Mumbai 18850 Thane 16735 and Nashik 11867The top five districts in Kerala recording the highest number of cases are Ernakulam 2673 Pathanamthitta 2482 Kannur 2263 Palakkad 2147 and Thrissur 2065The top five districts in Punjab recording the highest number of cases are Jalandhar 2131 SAS Nagar 1868 Patiala 1685 Ludhiana 1643 and Hoshiarpur 1572A rising trajectory of daily new cases is visible in eight states These are Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Punjab Madhya Pradesh Delhi Gujarat Karnataka and Haryana Kerala is showing a consistently declining trend the ministry said in a statementThe ministry further said that five states account for 8138 per cent of the new deaths Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties at 70 Punjab followed with 38 daily deaths and Kerala reported 17 deaths in the last 24 hoursMeanwhile fifteen states and UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours These are Assam Uttarakhand Odisha Puducherry Lakshadweep Sikkim Ladakh Manipur Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal PradeshThe ministry further said India has scaled a significant peak in its battle against COVID19 pandemic The total vaccination coverage has surpassed 4 croreAbout 42063392 vaccine doses have been administered through 686469 sessions as per the provisional report till 7 am today These include 7706839 healthcare workers HCWs first dose 4804285 HCWs second dose 7957606 frontline workers FLWs first dose and 2417077 FLWs second dose 3223612 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific comorbidities first dose and 15953973 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years it saidAs on day 63 of the vaccination drive March 19 2723575 vaccine doses were given Eighty per cent of the 2723 lakh vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours are from 10 statesOf the total 2415800 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 38989 sessions for first dose HCWs and FLWs and 307775 HCWs and FLWs received second dose of vaccineThe ministry said eight states account for 60 per cent of the cumulative vaccine doses given so far They are Kerala Karnataka Odisha Bihar Madhya Pradesh West Bengal Maharashtra Gujarat Rajasthan and Uttar PradeshThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever