Maharashtra becomes virus epicentre, +ve cases rise to 302
New Delhi: With India witnessing an unprecedented increase of 386 new positive cases of Covid-19 in a day, it seems the corona cases would rise further coming days.
As of now, Maharashtra has become the epicentre of Covid-19 in the country as the state, which was the first to implement lockdown, has reported 302 positive cases on Wednesday. Out of the total cases, 39 have recovered, 9 died and 254 are active.
Notably, the first positive case of Covid-19 was reported on March 10 and in just 22 days, the cases rose to 302. The state reported the maximum number of 104 cases on March 31 followed by a significant increase of 35 cases each on March 25 and March 28. The state reported 29 cases on March 27m while on March 24 and March 14, Maharashtra reported 15 and 12 cases respectively.
After Maharashtra, Kerala has reported the second-highest number of Covid-19 positive cases as the state's total tally on Wednesday rose to 241, out of which 23 have recovered, 2 died and 216 are active. Kerala had reported 5 cases on March 8 and registered the highest increase of 48 new cases on March 27 followed by 39 new cases on March 31, 28 cases on March 24 and 19 cases on March 28.
Delhi that reported total 126 cases on Wednesday is at the third position in the potential category of Covid-19 epicentre as the national capital has reported its first case on March 3 and in about a month's period total confirmed cases rose to 126 after Delhi witnessed the highest increase of 34 new Covid-19 cases on March 30 followed by 33 cases on March 31 and 14 cases on March 29.
Out of total confirmed cases, Delhi has 118 active cases, 6 recovered and 2 deaths.
With 124 confirmed cases, Tamil Nadu is at fourth slot in the potential list of epicentres and the coastal state, which has reported its first Covid-19 positive case on March 7, at a sudden, witnessed 74 new cases in a single day on March 31.
Similarly, with total 103 cases, Uttar Pradesh that had reported 6 positive cases in a single day on March 4 has registered its highest increase of 21 new cases on March 31, followed by 20 cases on March 29 and 12 cases on March 28. In UP, 14 have recovered while 89 are active cases.
Karnataka, which reported total 101 positive cases on Wednesday, had recorded its first four cases on March 10 and then after the state witnessed an exponential increase of Covid-19 cases on March 22 (11 cases), March 26 (14 cases), March 28 (17 cases) and March 31 (18 cases).
Other states like Telangana, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are also witnessing an increasing trend as the number of positive cases in all these states is 94, 93 and 83 respectively.
Telangana had reported its first case on March 2 and the state registered maximum 23 cases in a day on March 31 followed by 18 cases on March 28 and 11 cases on March 20. Rajasthan, which has recorded its first case on March 3, reported 34 new cases in a single day on March 31.
Andhra Pradesh has reported the first case on March 12 and reported 60 new cases on March 31.
Apart from all these, Bihar may also turn out to be an epicentre as after reporting first two cases on March 19, the state has recorded eight new cases on March 31 taking the total tally to 23.
