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NEW DELHI: India’s weekly tally of Covid-19 cases has dropped by 15% from its peak during the September 7-13 period. This week’s tally, at 5,50,545, was also 6.8% lower than the count in the
previous week. In absolute numbers, some 39,000 less cases were reported this week as compared with the previous one. Last week (September 21-27), the fall was higher at nearly 50,000.The
highest number of new cases recorded in India during a week was 6,45,014 (September 7-13). Similarly, this week’s death toll was lower by 511 (6.6%) as compared with the last. The drop was
similar in the previous week at 521 (6.4%). Overall, deaths were down nearly 13% this week from the peak seen two weeks earlier. On Sunday, 77,100 new infections were registered in the
country, a slight rise from 75,186 recorded on the previous day. These are the lowest daily numbers reported on any day except Mondays in the end of August. While the long weekend — Friday,
Gandhi Jayanti, was a public holiday — may have played a role in keeping the numbers low, a clearer picture on the scale of the decrease in infections could emerge from Tuesday onwards.
Maharashtra reported 13,702 fresh cases and 326 deaths on Sunday. This was the eighth consecutive day that the state had recorded less than 20,000 cases. There were 14,348 infections
reported on Saturday. The toll, however, had risen from the previous day’s count of 278. Mumbai continued to record more than 2,000 daily cases, with 2,109 on Sunday, along with 48
fatalities. However, the virus continued to surge in several parts of the country despite the overall dip. Karnataka logged 10,145 fresh cases on Sunday, the third time in a week that the
daily tally had exceeded the 10,000-mark. Kerala added as many as 8,553 cases to its overall case count, taking the number of active cases to 84,497 and the test positivity rate to 14.56%.
The day also saw the highest single-day recoveries of 4,851. Among the infected were 99 health workers. Tamil Nadu recorded 5,489 new Covid-19 cases and 66 deaths on Sunday, taking the case
tally to 6,19,996 and cumulative toll to 9,784. There are 46,120 people still under treatment for the viral infection. While all districts recorded new cases, five of them had more than 200
cases each
