New Delhi, March 15 (PTI): Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a surge in COVID-19 daily cases, accounting for 78.41 per cent of the new cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
A total of 26,291 new cases were registered in a day. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 16,620 (accounting for 63.21 per cent 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," the ministry said.
Kerala has a consistently declining trend over the last one month, it stated. India's total COVID-19 active caseload has reached 2,19,262 comprising 1.93 per cent of the total infections.
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, cumulatively account for 77 per cent of India's total active cases.
