Covid-19: Over 6,500 cases in India in last 24 hours, death toll reaches 4,167
The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1, 45,380, registering an increase
New Delhi: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1, 45,380, registering an increase of 146 deaths and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 am, the Union Health Ministry said.
The number of active Covid-19 cases climbed to 80,722. As many as 60,490 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
Of the 146 deaths reported since Monday morning, 60 were in Maharashtra, 30 in Gujarat, 15 in Delhi, 10 in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Tamil Nadu, six in West Bengal, four each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, three in Telangana, two each in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka and one in Kerala.
According to the ministry data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 52,667 followed by Tamil Nadu at 17,082, Gujarat at 14,460, Delhi at 14,053, Rajasthan at 7,300, Madhya Pradesh at 6,859 and Uttar Pradesh at 6,532.
Haryana has reported 1,184 coronavirus infection cases so far, while Kerala has 896 cases.
Uttarakhand has 349 cases, Chhattisgarh has 291, Chandigarh has reported 238 cases, Himachal Pradesh has 223, Tripura has 194 and Goa has registered 67 cases so far.