Kerala, Maharashtra witnesses nearly half of new coronavirus cases this week
As the country gears up for the world’s largest vaccination drive to get the world free from the hardest circumstances. However, the Kerala and Maharashtra on other hand, in the last seven days have witnessed a steep rise in the new Covid cases.
According to latest updates from the Union health ministry, 12, 08,604 cases have been added in the last one week out of which more than a quarter (35,164) came from Kerala. Besides, 20% of all new cases were reported from Maharashtra. The combined share of the two states has risen sharply because infections are abating nearly everywhere else. Chhattisgarh, the state with the third highest case-load last week, added only 7,046 cases (5% share).
India has stated 10.39 million cases as of Thursday morning, out of which 150,336 have lost their lives. A total of 228,083 patients are being treated.
Though, the hints of a third wave in last month didn’t sustain, there are hardly any sign of a slowdown either. Twelve of the fourteen districts in the state have added more than 1000 fresh cases over the past week .Only 11 other districts, five of them in Maharashtra, hit the 1,000 mark.
Pathanamthitta in Kerala recorded the biggest weekly growth (11%) in cases, followed by Wayanad (8%) and Idukki (7%). But these growth rates are lower than recent weeks.