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Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, April 15 (EMN): India reported 2,00,739 Covid-19 infections on Thursday, the highest single-day spike recorded so far since the pandemic broke out, pushing the country' tally to 1,40,74,564.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare updated that 10 states -- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan – account for 80.76% of the new cases.
Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 58,952, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 20,439, and Delhi with 17,282, it added.
India’s total active caseload has reached 14,71,877 with five states -- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala -- accounting for 67.16%. A total of 1,038 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,73,123.
The country also registered 93,528 recoveries, pushing the cumulative recoveries to 1,24,29,564 at 88.31% recovery rate.
In terms of vaccination, a total of 11,44,93,238 (about 11.44 crore) vaccine doses have been administered through 16,98,138 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Thursday. As many as 33,13,848 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, while 1,28,98,314 doses were administered across the country during the Tika Utsav which was observed from April 11 to the 14th.
State Immunisation Officer, Dr. Ritu Thurr updated on Thursday that 27,309 vaccine doses were administered in the state during the vaccination festival (Tika Utsav) observed from April 11 to the 14th.
Mokokchung topped the chart in the number people vaccinated during the period with 6596, followed by Dimapur-5719, Mon-3100, Kohima-2460, Wokha-2431, Zunheboto-1787, Tuensang-1778, Phek-1203, Peren-1134, Longleng-684, and Kiphire-417.