Jagriti Rai ( intern journalist) , The union ministry said that the six states – Punjab , Karnataka , Gujarat , Tamil Nadu , Kerala and Maharashtra were reported a high number of new single day Covid 19 cases
While covid 19 situation has turned worrisome in Punjab , Karnataka , Gujarat and Tamil Nadu , it continues to remain alarming in Kerala and Maharashtra
In the last 24 Hours , the state’s collectively accounted for 84.7% of the 18,722 fresh cases , the ministry informed
” Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 10,187 , followed by Kerala with 2,791 while Punjab reported 1,159 new cases ” it said
The ministry added that it was continuously engaging with the states and UTS reporting a higher caseload of active cases and also with those registering new infections . It has deputed high – level teams to Maharashtra and Punjab , which are showing a steep increase in the daily new cases
The gradual but consistent rise in daily new cases is reversing India’s covid situation to the worrisome phase
The 18,711 new cases in am increase of 1,873 this country reported two days ago
The last time India reported more than 18,000 single day cases worry in the last half of January . The country’s commutative casehold has increased to 12, 10, 799 while the death toll currently stands at 1,57,756