NEW DELHI: India recorded more than 53,500 fresh Covid-19 cases and 758 deaths on Sunday, at the end of a week that saw the biggest surge in the pandemic so far. Nearly 3.7 lakh new infections were detected, 16% higher than the previous week’s count, and 5,345 people succumbed to the virus during the week, 474 more than the preceding seven days.
It was a week when
Andhra Pradesh witnessed a deluge of cases. The state recorded 62,466 fresh infections in the seven-day period, almost catching up with India’s worst-hit state of
Maharashtra, where 65,429 cases were detected.
Nearly 40% of Andhra’s total Covid caseload till date has come in the past week, as compared with 15% in Maharashtra, which too reported its highest-ever weekly count in this period. Tamil Nadu was at third spot in highest cases reported during the week at 43,890, 17% of the state’s total caseload.
Karnataka was next with 38,678, accounting for 29% of all cases, followed by UP with 26,646, (28% of total cases).
On Sunday, India recorded 53,641 new cases, a slight dip from the count in the previous two days (57,151 and 55,919, respectively), taking the total tally past 18-lakh mark to 18,04,539.
Four states reported their highest single-day spike in infections — Bengal with 2,739 cases, Rajasthan (1,167), Madhya Pradesh (921) and Goa (337).
There were 758 deaths reported during the day, again lower than Saturday’s single-day record count of 848.
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