A health worker collecting a sample for COVID-19 testing, in Bengaluru. File
| Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR
States such as Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan record significant increase in cases
In the past two weeks, 90,986 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in India. Four States – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat – continued to record a large bulk (70%) of the cases.
But, in the recent weeks, there has been a significant uptick in cases in other States such as Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Karnataka. There has also been a noticable increase in deaths recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Weekly numbers
The charts show the number of weekly cases and deaths between January 30 and June 2. The darker the colour of the rectangle, the more the cases/deaths that week.
New cases
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In the past three weeks, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan have consistently recorded more than 1,000 cases every week. A similar trend was seen in the past two