On Wednesday, a day after recording daily infections around 12,000, India registered a little spike in daily Covid 19 infection reporting 14,989 new cases in the last 24 hours. The 24-hour infection tally was at 12,286, on Tuesday. Recoveries reached 10,812044 with 13,123 recoveries reported in the past 24 hours. With an infection tally higher than the recovery, India’s active caseload on Wednesday stood at 1,70,126.

On Tuesday, India’s active cases were around 1.68 lakh. As per statement of the Union health ministry, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat are contributing maximum to the number of daily cases.

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Six states and UTs, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Chandigarh, Punjab and Gujarat, have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average of 2 percent. The ministry said on Tuesday that Maharashtra leads all the states with a weekly positivity rate of 10.02 percent.

Maharashtra reported 7,863 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the state’s caseload to 21,69,330. Kerala on Tuesday reported 2,938 new Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths. Punjab on Tuesday reported 730 new Covid-19 cases, while Tamil Nadu and Gujarat added 462 and 454 new cases, respectively.

The central government has deputed high-level multi-disciplinary teams to several states witnessing this sudden spike in the number of daily infections to ascertain the reason behind the rise.