Coronavirus Cases Today: 37,593 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 47.6% Higher Than Yesterday

COVID-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

New Delhi: India today logged 37,593 fresh COVID-19 cases, a whopping 47.6 per cent higher than yesterday's figure (25,467). The country also reported 648 deaths, a huge jump from the 354 deaths reported a day before.

Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus in India:

With 24,296 new cases, Kerala continues to lead the states in daily Covid cases. The state also reported 173 deaths, the most deaths in a day by any state after Maharashtra (288).
Tamil Nadu with 1,585 cases, Karnataka with 1,259 and Andhra Pradesh with 1,248 were other southern states with over 1,000 Covid cases in a day. Telangana reported 389 Covid cases.
Maharashtra, leading the states in overall cases, reported 4,355 cases in a day. It also reported 288 deaths.
Gujarat (with 14 Covid cases), Rajasthan (10), Bihar (9), Madhya Pradesh (5) - the four big states - reported zero Covid deaths in a day.
Delhi, the national capital, reported 151 fresh Covid and zero deaths over a span of 24 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 death count stands at 25,079 and the case fatality rate at 1.74 per cent.
Neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, reported 26 fresh Covid cases and two deaths in a day.
With 740 cases, Mizoram leads the northeastern states with most number of Covid cases in a day. It also reported one death.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent. An increase of 2,776 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India's first homegrown mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, being developed by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, was approved for further clinical trials on Tuesday after the shot was found to be safe and effective in an early-stage study.
COVID-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity where there is low or moderate level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said. The endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus.