state’s outbreak had intensified a few days after Onam.In absolute numbers, the daily new infections reported by some states are still massive.
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala reported nearly 200,000 new cases in the past week. This is 42% of India’s total.As many as 26 states and union territories have fewer active cases now than they had a week ago.
Kerala has been the biggest hotspot of late, but active cases grew just 13% this week, as compared to 48% in the previous week.Six of the 10 districts with the worst spikes in infections in the last week are in Kerala, and two in Chhattisgarh.
The case-load jumped over 20% in 11 out of the 14 districts of the state in this period, data from howindialives.com showed.