Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a surge in new COVID cases

Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 78.41 percent of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 16,620 accounting for 63.21 percent of the daily new cases. It is followed by Kerala with 1,792 while Punjab reported 1,492 new cases.

A rising trajectory of daily new cases is visible in eight states. These are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana. Kerala has a consistently declining trend over the last one month.