Coronavirus numbers explained: after a pause, another spike

Maharashtra alone accounted for almost 2,000 of these, while Tamil Nadu reported more than 650.

Then three days of marginal decline In the number of new cases, India experienced a significant increase on Sunday, with more than 4,300 new infections discovered, the highest so far. Maharashtra they only accounted for almost 2,000 of these, while Tamil Nadu reported over 650.

In the past two days, Maharashtra has also reported more than 100 deaths. His death count has now reached 832, which is more than 37 percent of all deaths in the country.

The ten states with the highest number of cases such as Sunday

As Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Tamil Nadu continue on their well-established trajectories, Odisha is rapidly emerging as an area of ​​concern, although the total number of confirmed cases in the state are still below 400 at the moment. After reporting just seven cases on Saturday, Odisha discovered 83 on Sunday, its highest level yet. Almost all of them were their migrant workers who had returned from other states, or their contacts.

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While the number of cases in the most affected Ganjam district increased to 137 as of Sunday night, Angul discovered positive cases for the first time, 15 in one go. Other severely affected districts, Khudra, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur, also increased in number. The state also recorded his third death on Sunday. Odisha has now increased the quarantine period from 14 days to 28 days for all workers returning from other states, of whom at least 21 days would be in institutional quarantine facilities.

Bihar too There was a significant increase in cases on Sunday, with 85 new infections reported on Sunday. The state now has 696 confirmed cases. He also recorded his sixth death on Sunday.

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Meanwhile, the Delhi government is to blame for mismatch in death figures in hospitals asking them to report all the details of death in time. The Delhi government is suspected to have given in to the lack of reports of deaths in the city, after a huge difference was found in the numbers released by the state government and those reported by hospitals. In a letter to the heads of all public and private hospitals, the Delhi government said the lack of timely and regular reporting was resulting in the submission of incorrect or delayed information. Three days ago, The Indian Express had pointed However, although the Delhi government daily bulletin had put the city’s cumulative deaths hitherto at 66, the deaths reported by just five of the city’s large hospitals totaled 116.

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