HIGHLIGHTS
- Total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in India above 1,330
- Death toll due to novel coronavirus rises in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
- So far, Kerala has recorded highest number of confirmed cases
Following the sharpest single-day spike in India, the total number of the novel coronavirus cases has climbed to 1,429 after over 30 fresh cases were recorded on Tuesday. The death toll due to Covid-19, meanwhile, has climbed to 40.
India has seen an increase of over 200 cases in a single day while the number of active cases is around 1,280 with 147 people either been cured or discharged
Maharashtra has reported the most deaths (10), followed by Gujarat (6), Punjab (4), Madhya Pradesh (4), Karnataka (3), West Bengal (3), Delhi (2), Kerala (2), Telangana (2) and Jammu and Kashmir (2). Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh have reported a death each.
So far, the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases have been reported from Kerala with 234 infections, followed by Maharashtra at 230 which recorded 10 fresh cases on Tuesday. The number of cases in Delhi, meanwhile, has gone up to 98.
The cases in Karnataka have gone up to 98 till now, it has increased to 101 in Uttar Pradesh. The number of cases has risen to 77 in Telangana, 73 in Gujarat, 74 in Tamil Nadu while the number of cases in Rajasthan has climbed to 93. It has risen to 55 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Madhya Pradesh has 66 positive patients. Punjab has reported 41 cases, while 40 Covid-19 cases have been detected in Haryana. There are 40 patients in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (27), Bihar (16) and Ladakh (13).
Ten cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Chandigarh and Chhattisgarh have recorded 13 cases and 8 cases respectively, while Uttarakhand has reported seven cases. Goahas reported five coronavirus cases, while Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have reported three cases each. Puducherry, Mizoram and Manipur have reported a case each. On Tuesday, Jharkhand reported its first coronavirus patient — a Malaysian woman who was among the 24 persons found staying in a mosque in Ranchi.
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