Despite high vaccination rate, Gujarat adds 12% of its overall cases in Mar

Gujarat's daily vaccinations outstrip Maharashtra, but the state has tripled ist growth rate of infections in March

On Tuesday, the daily coronavirus infections declined to 53,480—India had touched a high of 68,020 just two days ago—but the country has added over a million cases in the last month. And, 60% of these have come from the state of Maharashtra alone. While Maharashtra added 22.5% cases to its overall infection tally in March, Punjab tops the states with maximum additions. Nearly a quarter of case additions to the state’s total tally have been in this month.

However, amidst surging infections from these two states, the rising cases in Gujarat have gone unnoticed. While the state, to an extent,