Updated: September 13, 2020 2:11:25 pm
A worker cleans a subway train in Chennai (PTI)
Coronavirus cases in India: Since the beginning of this month, Tamil Nadu has reported more recoveries every day that new infections of the new coronavirus. While this is not the first time something like this has happened in the state, this is by far the longest period of time that this trend has continued.
The result has been that the number of active cases in the state has dropped to less than 50,000 for the first time since mid-July, when it first crossed that number. On the way, Pune, the city with the maximum number of infected people, alone has more than 75,000 active cases.
Except four times, the daily increase in the state has been limited to between 5,500 and 6,000 since Aug. 1.
As of late August, Tamil Nadu had the second highest number of infected people in the country, after Maharashtra, before being overtaken by Andhra Pradesh. For a month and a half, Tamil Nadu has shown unusual consistency in the number of new daily cases it has been reporting. Except four times, the daily increase in the state has been limited to between 5,500 and 6,000 since August 1. In fact, in more than two-thirds of the days in this period, daily new infections were between 5,800 and 6,000. Generally, this kind of uniformity in numbers is not expected over such a long period.
Recoveries outpacing new infections is a good sign because, if it continues for a long period of time, it could be a sign of the onset of disease decline. However, as we have seen in the case of Delhi, this is not a protection against the emergence of a new wave of infections that could completely undermine all the gains made. Still, while it lasts, this trend does translate into a reduction in active cases, reducing burdens on hospitals and healthcare workers.
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More than 94,000 new infections were detected across the country on Saturday, the fourth consecutive day that this number has remained at 90,000.
There has also been a reduction in the number of deaths reported by Tamil Nadu these days. By the end of last month, the state had reported more than 100 deaths per day. This has dropped to the level of 60 and 70 now. With more than 8,300 coronavirus-related deaths so far, Tamil Nadu still has the second highest death count in the country after Maharashtra.
These days Karnataka has been reporting over 100 days a day and apart from Maharashtra is the largest daily contributor to India’s death count, which has passed 78,500.
| State | Positive total | New cases | Recoveries | Deceased |
| Maharashtra | 1,037,765 | 22,084 | 728,512 | 29,485 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 557,587 | 9901 | 457,008 | 4846 |
| Tamil nadu | 497,066 | 5,495 | 441,649 | 8,307 |
| Karnataka | 449,551 | 9140 | 344,556 | 7180 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 305,831 | 6,786 | 233,527 | 4349 |
| Delhi | 214,069 | 4321 | 181,295 | 4715 |
| west bengal | 199,493 | 3161 | 172,085 | 3,887 |
| Telangana | 157,096 | 2216 | 124,528 | 961 |
| Bihar | 156,866 | 1,421 | 141,158 | 808 |
| Odisha | 150,807 | 3,913 | 115,279 | 669 |
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh now has more than three lakhs of people who have so far been infected with the virus, while Rajasthan crossed the one lakh figure on Saturday. There are now 14 states in the country with a total number of cases of more than one lakh. Six cities – Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Thane and Chennai – have also seen more than one lakh of people infected.
More than 94,000 new infections were detected across the country on Saturday, the fourth consecutive day that this number has remained at 90,000. The total number of confirmed infections in the country has now exceeded 47.54 lakh. About 78 percent of these, or more than 37 lakh, have already recovered from the disease.
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