India Logs 13 Per Cent Fall In New COVID-19 Cases In Week; Still Highest Globally: WHO | News

Highlights
- Last week, India reported a 4 per cent increase in COVID deaths: WHO
- India has reported 2.54 crore COVID-19 cases as of May 19
- India is currently witnessing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
United Nations: India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new COVID-19 cases in the past week but the number of fresh infections was still the highest around the world, the WHO has said. The number of new cases and deaths continued to decrease with just over 4.8 million new cases and just under 86,000 new deaths reported globally in the past week, a 12 per cent and 5 per cent decrease respectively compared to the previous week, according to the COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update Data received by the World Health Organization from national authorities as of May 16.
It said that the highest number of new cases were reported from India (2,387,663 new cases), a 13 per cent decrease over the previous week. This was followed by Brazil (437,076 new cases; 3 per cent increase), the United States of America (235,638 new cases; 21 per cent decrease), Argentina (151,332 new cases; 8 per cent increase) and Colombia (115,834 new cases; 6 per cent increase). The highest numbers of new deaths were reported from India (27,922 new deaths; 2.0 new deaths per 100,000; a 4 per cent increase), Nepal (1,224 new deaths; 4.2 new deaths per 100,000; a 266 per cent increase) and Indonesia (1,125 new deaths; 0.4 new deaths per 100,000; a 5 per cent decrease).
According to data received by the WHO from national authorities as of May 9, India had recorded the highest numbers of new cases at 2,738,957, a 5 per cent increase over the previous week. As per the WHO estimates, cumulative cases in India currently stand at about 24.68 million and total deaths are at about 270,284.
The data added that the South-East Asia Region reported over 2.5 million new cases and over 30,000 new deaths, a 12 per cent decrease and a 7 per cent increase respectively compared to the previous week.
Case incidence decreased after nine consecutive weeks of increases, although the absolute number remains at its highest level since the beginning of the pandemic, it said, adding that death incidence continued to increase for a ninth consecutive week.
Globally, despite a declining trend over the past three weeks, the incidence of cases remains at some of the highest levels since the start of the pandemic. All regions reported a decline in new cases this week apart from the Western Pacific Region, where the incidence of new cases was similar to the previous week. The European Region reported the largest decline in new cases this week, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean. These regions also reported the largest decline in new deaths over the past week. South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions reported a similar number of new deaths as the previous week, it added.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7th, 30 lakh on August 23rd, 40 lakh on September 5th and 50 lakh on September 16th. It went past 60 lakh on September 28th, 70 lakh on October 11th, crossed 80 lakh on October 29th, 90 lakh on November 20th and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19th. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.
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According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday (May 19), India saw a record 4,529 fatalities due to coronavirus in a single day, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 2,83,248, while 2,67,334 fresh infections were recorded, taking the total tally of cases to 2,54,96,330. The active cases have further reduced to 32,26,719 comprising 12.66 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 86.23 per cent.
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World
16,42,23,940Cases
6,03,12,923Active
10,05,07,020Recovered
34,03,997Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 192 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 16,42,23,940 and 34,03,997 have died; 6,03,12,923 are active cases and 10,05,07,020 have recovered as on May 19, 2021 at 3:57 am.
India
2,54,96,330 2,67,334Cases
32,26,7191,27,046Active
2,19,86,363 3,89,851Recovered
2,83,248 4,529Deaths
In India, there are 2,54,96,330 confirmed cases including 2,83,248 deaths. The number of active cases is 32,26,719 and 2,19,86,363 have recovered as on May 19, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State & District Details
State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maharashtra |
54,33,506 28,438 |
4,22,249 25,751 |
49,27,480 52,898 |
83,777 1,291 |
Karnataka |
22,72,374 30,309 |
5,75,049 28,611 |
16,74,487 58,395 |
22,838 525 |
Kerala |
22,00,706 31,337 |
3,47,989 14,686 |
18,46,105 45,926 |
6,612 97 |
Tamil Nadu |
16,64,350 33,059 |
2,42,929 11,333 |
14,03,052 21,362 |
18,369 364 |
Uttar Pradesh |
16,37,663 8,673 |
1,36,342 12,690 |
14,83,249 21,108 |
18,072 255 |
Andhra Pradesh |
14,75,372 21,320 |
2,11,501 53 |
12,54,291 21,274 |
9,580 99 |
Delhi |
14,02,873 4,482 |
50,863 5,186 |
13,29,899 9,403 |
22,111 265 |
West Bengal |
11,71,861 19,428 |
1,31,793 233 |
10,26,492 19,050 |
13,576 145 |
Chhattisgarh |
9,25,531 6,477 |
90,382 5,774 |
8,23,113 12,098 |
12,036 153 |
Rajasthan |
8,79,664 8,398 |
1,59,455 16,908 |
7,13,129 25,160 |
7,080 146 |
Gujarat |
7,66,201 6,447 |
96,443 3,177 |
6,60,489 9,557 |
9,269 67 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,42,718 5,412 |
82,967 6,016 |
6,52,612 11,358 |
7,139 70 |
Haryana |
7,09,689 7,774 |
75,914 7,247 |
6,26,852 14,897 |
6,923 124 |
Bihar |
6,64,115 6,286 |
64,699 4,999 |
5,95,377 11,174 |
4,039 111 |
Odisha |
6,33,302 10,321 |
94,350 57 |
5,36,595 10,242 |
2,357 22 |
Telangana |
5,36,766 3,982 |
48,110 1,231 |
4,85,644 5,186 |
3,012 27 |
Punjab |
5,11,652 7,066 |
72,277 1,339 |
4,27,058 8,174 |
12,317 231 |
Assam |
3,40,858 5,835 |
47,740 1,451 |
2,90,774 4,311 |
2,344 73 |
Jharkhand |
3,20,934 2,925 |
31,528 1,996 |
2,84,805 4,859 |
4,601 62 |
Uttarakhand |
2,95,790 4,785 |
76,232 2,376 |
2,14,426 7,063 |
5,132 98 |
Jammu And Kashmir |
2,51,919 3,967 |
50,925 73 |
1,97,701 3,823 |
3,293 71 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1,66,678 2,892 |
34,888 1,745 |
1,29,330 4,559 |
2,460 78 |
Goa |
1,38,776 1,358 |
23,946 1,807 |
1,12,633 3,120 |
2,197 45 |
Puducherry |
87,749 1,797 |
17,477 94 |
69,060 1,670 |
1,212 33 |
Chandigarh |
56,513 526 |
7,035 347 |
48,831 867 |
647 6 |
Tripura |
42,776 879 |
5,924 557 |
36,402 317 |
450 5 |
Manipur |
40,683 624 |
6,605 267 |
33,466 337 |
612 20 |
Meghalaya |
24,872 906 |
5,332 417 |
19,185 470 |
355 19 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
22,462 356 |
2,397 51 |
19,977 302 |
88 3 |
Nagaland |
18,714 365 |
4,407 154 |
14,079 199 |
228 12 |
Ladakh |
16,784 202 |
1,583 41 |
15,031 156 |
170 5 |
Sikkim |
11,689 209 |
3,050 113 |
8,427 94 |
212 2 |
Dadra And Nagar Haveli |
9,652 53 |
704 46 |
8,944 99 |
4 |
Mizoram |
9,252 184 |
2,129 21 |
7,094 162 |
29 1 |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
6,674 36 |
223 3 |
6,359 30 |
92 3 |
Lakshadweep |
5,212 226 |
1,282 74 |
3,915 151 |
15 1 |