India Witnesses Surge In Covid Cases, Country Records 26,727 New Cases In Last 24 Hrs

<p><strong>Corona Cases In India:&nbsp;</strong>India's Coronavirus cases continue to surge for the third straight day as the country reported <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">26,727 new Covid </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">cases, 28,246 recoveries &amp; 277 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.</span></p> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Active cases: 2,75,224 </span></p> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Total cases: 3,37,66,707</span></p> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Total recoveries: 3,30,43,144</span></p> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Death toll: 4,48,339 </span></p> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Total vaccination: 89,02,08,007 (64,40,451 in last 24 hrs)</span></p> <h3><strong>Kerala</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;Kerala on Thursday witnessed a surge in Coronavirus cases as the state recorded 15,914 fresh COVID-19 cases and 122 deaths, which took the caseload to 46,80,885 and the toll to 25,087.<br /><br />The number of people who recovered from the infection since Wednesday was 16,758, which brought the total recoveries to 45,12,662 and the number of active cases to 1,42,529, an official press release said.<br /><br />Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 2,332, followed by Thrissur (1,918), Thiruvananthapuram (1,855), Kozhikode (1,360), Kottayam (1,259), Alappuzha (1,120), Kollam (1,078) and Malappuram (942).<br /><br />Of the new cases, 76 were health workers, 74 from outside the state and 15,073 infected through contact, with the source of it not clear in 691.</p> <h3><strong>Maharashtra</strong></h3> <p>Maharashtra has registered 3,063 new COVID-19 cases and 56 fresh deaths on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 65,50,856 and the toll to 1,39,067, a health department official said.<br /><br />According to the health bulletin, 3,198 getting patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases to 63,71,728.<br /><br />Maharashtra now has 36,484 active cases.<br /><br />Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate is 97.27 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.<br /><br />Among the eight regions of Maharashtra, the Mumbai region reported 906 new COVID-19 cases, Pune 1,004, Nashik 677, Kolhapur 303, Latur 89, Aurangabad 57, Nagpur 19 and the Akola region eight.<br /><br />According to the official, among the 56 fresh fatalities, the Mumbai region reported 11, Nashik 24, Pune nine, Kolhapur and Latur regions six each.<br /><br />The other three regions - Aurangabad, Akola and Nagpur - did report any fresh coronavirus-related fatality, he said.<br /><br />The official said Mumbai witnessed 451 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, while Pune city reported 211 infections and no death.<br /><br /></p>

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