NEW DELHI: India reported 14,830 new covid cases and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,47,512, pushing the total number of infections to over 4.39 crore since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.
Death toll stands at 5,26,110. States with most active cases are: Andhra Pradesh (2,764), Assam (5,605), Bihar (1,851), Chhattisgarh (3,890), Delhi (2,548), Gujarat (5,613), Haryana (2,513), Himachal Pradesh (4,155), Jammu & Kashmir (3,379), Jharkhand (1,235), Karnataka (8,896), Kerala (18,869), Madhya Pradesh (1,589), Maharashtra (14,534), Odisha (6,447), Punjab (6070), Tamil Nadu (15,093), Telangana (4,566), Uttar Pradesh (2,925) and West Bengal (22,657).
The central government had reviewed the covid-19 situation in 115 districts across nine states showing an surge in cases and flagged concerns regarding low levels of testing and vaccination.
The Centre has directed states and union territories to continue monitoring influenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases across hospitals and undertake constant genome sequencing.