India sees biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases

Relatives and friends lower the dead body of a COVID victim during the burial in New Delhi on April 3. Pic/AFP

Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with 1,03,558 new infections pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,25,89,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The daily rise in COVID-19 cases in India crossed the grim milestone of one-lakh from 20,000 infections in just 25 days, unlike last year when it took 76 days for daily cases to reach the then peak of 97,894 on September 17, reflecting the speed at which the virus is spreading. The death toll increased to 1,65,101 with 478 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Eight states, including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, have shown a steep rise in the daily cases accounting for 81.90 per cent of the new cases reported in a span of 24 hours. India's total active caseload has reached 7,41,830 and now comprises 5.89 per cent of the country's total infection while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 92.80 per cent. A net increase of 50,233 cases has been recorded in the total active caseload in a span of 24 hours.

AAP: Speed up vaccination before exporting vaccines

The AAP questioned the Centre for sending COVID-19 vaccines across the world instead of further accelerating the inoculation drive in the country, claiming it will take at least 15 years to vaccinate the entire population of India at this rate. "Vaccination doses have been exported to 84 countries. The amount exported is higher than the number of vaccine doses given to the people in India. Should we care about people from our own country or from other countries?" AAP's Raghav Chadha asked. "Where has the Centre's vaccine nationalism gone? The AAP demands an increase in the rate of vaccinations against COVID-19."

1,25,89,067
Total number of cases in the country as of Sunday

1,65,101
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India

1,16,82,136
Patients recovered and discharged in India as of Sunday

7,91,05,163
(Total no. of people vaccinated so far)

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