8 states, UTs reported 69 p.c. of new Covid cases in 24-hr span

SNS & PTI, NEW DELHI & KOLKATA, 28 NOVEMBER 2020 : Over 69 per cent of the 41,322 new Covid- 19 cases reported in a span of 24 hours arc from eight states and Union tenitories with Maharashtra recording the highest number of new infections followed by Delhi and Kerala, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.

With 11,57,605 tests conducted in a span of 24 hours, India's cumulative tests surged to 13.82 crore, while the number of tests per million population has crossed the 1-lakh mark and now stands at 100,159.7, the ministry said.

The active Covid-19 caseload of the country is 4,54,940 making up 4.87 per cent of the total coronavirus infections.

The ministry issued a statement saying "69.04 per cent of the daily new cases of Covid- 19 are contributed by eight states/UT i.e. Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh".

Maharashtra leads the tally with 6,185 new Covid cases.

Delhi has recorded 5,482 cases, while Kerala follows with 3,966 infections.

Total Covid-19 recoveries have surged to 87,59,969 with 41,452 recoveries being registered in a day in the country, it said, adding 76.55 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states and UTs.

India's Covid- 19 caseload stands at 93,51,109 and the death toll has climbed to 1,36,200, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.

West Bengal today registered 3,459 fresh Covid cases and 52 deaths due to the infection.

The total Covid case count is 4,77,446 while the death toll is 8,322 in the state till now. There are 24,537 active cases.

Kolkata recorded 890 cases and 14 deaths and North 24 Parganas recorded 863 fresh Covid cases and 9 deaths during the previous 24 hours.

In the last 24 hours, 3,487 patients were discharged from hospitals taking the number of recovered patients to 4,44,587. A total of 45,183 people were tested for Covid in a single day. The current test positivity rate is 8.25 per cent.