1 lakh cases in 3 days; Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra remain hotspots

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 14

Even as India took three days to gallop from 8 lakh cases to over 9 lakh today, the government said spread of the pandemic was not even and 10 states accounted for 86 per cent burden, while two states contributed half of all cases.

After India’s load reached 9,06,752 today with a daily spike of 28,498 cases, the Health Ministry said 1,54,134 active cases were concentrated in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and 36 per cent of all cases (1,11,068) were in Karnataka, Delhi, AP, UP, Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat and Assam.

Meanwhile, ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said two Indian indigenous vaccine candidates (ICMR-Bharat Biotech candidate and Zydus Cadilla project) had started human trials on 1,000 volunteers each.