With over 4,300 new cases, India records highest single-day jump

With over 4,300 new cases, India records highest single-day jump

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:  11.05.2020

India recorded its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 cases with the number crossing 4,000 for the first time, as the pandemic touched another new high in Maharashtra, which added 1,943 cases on Sunday, including 665 from the previous few days.

This meant that 4,308 cases were added to India’s Covid-19 count, a rise of 6.9% in a day. While Maharashtra reported the lion’s share with Mumbai alone accounting for 875, the pandemic continued to surge in Tamil Nadu (669 new cases), Gujarat (398) and Delhi (381). The eastern states of West Bengal (153), Odisha (83) and Bihar (85) reported their highest jump in cases, mainly due to the influx of returning migrants.

Maharashtra also reported its highest single-day death toll of 53, as the virus claimed 113 lives across India. The death toll in the country stands at 2,201, as per reports from state government.

Meanwhile, the number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 20,848, which is 31% of all cases, the highest proportion so far.

Tamil Nadu, which has been reporting the second highest count of cases after Maharashtra in the past few days, overtook Delhi to claim the No.3 spot among Covid-hit states.

Govt approves indigenous antibody test

The Union government has approved an indigenous antibody detection test for Covid-19 to reduce dependence on countries like China for testing kits. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has developed and validated the indigenous IgG ELISA test ‘Covid Kavach Elisa’ for antibody detection for Covid-19. According to official sources, the test was validated at two sites in Mumbai and was “found to have high sensitivity and specificity”. P 8

Guj saw more patients being discharged after few bad days

Mumbai Remains Worst-affected City With A Total Of 13,739 Cases

Delhi recorded five more deaths due to Covid-19, while 381 fresh cases of the virus were reported. With the fresh cases, the Covid-19 tally in the national capital has climbed to 6,923. With 1,943 new cases and 53 fresh deaths, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally has reached 22,171 and 832 deaths have been confirmed in the state.

Mumbai remains the worst-affected city with a total of 13,739 cases and 508 deaths so far.

In more cheerful news, Gujarat which has been seeing huge spike in cases and deaths over the past few days, saw more patients being discharged than new cases on Sunday. Gujarat discharged a record 454 patients in 24 hours. The number of new cases in the state was 398. Total 21 patients succumbed to the virus.

Out of the total discharged, 266 were from Ahmedabad alone, followed by 41 in Vadodara, 33 in Surat and 17 in Anand. Gujarat also crossed 8,000 positive cases mark with 8,195 total cases, becoming the second Indian state after Maharashtra to record the number. According to the state health department figures, Gujarat added 1,000 cases in the past three days alone.

In Odisha, 83 more persons tested positive for Covid-19, of which the local authorities said 80 had arrived from other states. The maximum arrivals were from Gujarat’s Surat

(63), West Bengal (11), Karnataka (5) and Maharashtra (1), the authorities said.

Sunday’s grim figures have taken the total coronavirus patient count in the state to 377. The virus spread to two hitherto unaffected ‘green’ districts — Angul and Boudh — and made a comeback in Puri, also a green zone. The number of affected districts now is 21.

Telangana’s coronavirus caseload stands at1,196 with 33 new cases. So far, 30 deaths have been reported in the state. Bihar recorded the largest single-day spike with 85 fresh Covid positive cases and sixth death due to coronavirus on Sunday. They took the tally of coronavirus cases in Bihar to 696.

SAFETY MEASURES: A mobile Covid-19 testing van in Srinagar on Sunday. Kashmiris, who return from different parts of the country will be tested for coronavirus before they are sent home