New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 28,903 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country caseload to 1,14,38,734, while the death toll soared to 1,59,044 with 188 more fatalities.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases rose by 10974 to stand at 2,34,406. It is now 1.96 per cent of the total caseload.
The past 24 hours saw 17,741 people recovering from the deadly virus, taking the total recovery count to 1,10,45,284, which is 96.65 per cent of the case tally. The fatality rate stood at 1.39 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 22,92,49,784 lakh samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Out of this, 9,69,021 were tested on Tuesday.
On the vaccination front, a total of 3,48,59,345 vaccine doses have been administered till 1900 hrs Tuesday.
Maharashtra at start of second COVID wave: Centre
Mumbai: Maharashtra is in the beginning of a "second wave" of Covid-19, the Union Ministry of Health said in a letter to the state government on Tuesday.
The Central Committee has wrote a letter to Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte over the COVID situation.
The letter, written by Union Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, said that no concrete steps were being taken on the corona situation in the state and that the night curfew was not having a concrete effect on corona proliferation.
Two weeks ago, the Central Committee had visited the state to study the origin and propagation of the corona. At the time, the committee was reviewing corona prevention facilities.
In a letter to the state's chief secretary, Mr Bhushan said the second wave was likely to start with the rising number of corona patients in the state.
Two weeks ago, a team from the Union Health Ministry visited the state between March 7 and March 11.The team had also held discussions with the Chief Minister on March 8.
The Centre's team had visited S and T wards in Mumbai as well as Thane, Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule, Aurangabad. The team observed the status of testing, tracking and isolation-quarantine facilities treatment to prevent coronavirus outbreak in the state.Yesterday above 17000 positive patients were reported with 87 casualties in the state.(UNI)