NEW DELHI: Even as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic wanes in India, five states still reported more than one lakh cases over the last 14 days (June 1-14) with
Tamil Nadu on top with 2.43 lakh cases, followed by Kerala with 1.8 lakh cases during the period.
Kerala displaced
Maharashtra (1.56 lakh cases) and
Karnataka (1.53 lakh) to take the second spot.
Andhra Pradesh is ranked fifth (1.1 lakh cases), followed by
Odisha (82,000) and Bengal (79,000).
However, all these states have made significant progress in containment efforts, bringing down the total count of cases by almost 40% or more as compared to a couple of fortnights ago. As a result, the all-India count of cases too has climbed down significantly — 12.6 lakh in the last fortnight compared to 25.35 lakh in the fortnight before and 45.7 lakh during May 4-17.
Maharashtra was reporting almost 8 lakh cases every fortnight between April 8 and May 4, being at the top among states reporting high cases. Karnataka, UP and Kerala also added more than 4 lakh cases in a fortnight during this period. Delhi with three lakh cases was at the fifth position during April 21-May 4.
Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have made remarkable progress in containing the pandemic. The total cases in UP have come down to 10,228 (June 1-14) as compared to 4.25 lakh during April 21-May 4. In Delhi, the cases have dropped to 4,407 from a high of 3 lakh during the same period.
Delhi has added the minimum number of cases to the all-India tally, followed by Jharkhand, Goa, Uttarakhand, MP, Himachal, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat and UP.
Smaller states like Goa and Uttarakhand, which saw 6,152 and 6,700 cases respectively in the last fortnight, need more containment measures before easing of lockdown. Himachal Pradesh, too, needs to be on guard with the state having added 7,625 cases in the last two weeks.
Fortnightly cases in Assam, Telangana, Punjab, J&K and Chhattisgarh were in the range of 14,000-50,000.