New Delhi (NVI): India has become the fifth worst-affected country in the world index due to coronavirus pandemic, after it surpassed Spain in the total number of confirmed cases, as the country continues to witness huge spike in the infected cases.
Maharashtra is one of the worst affected states, while the capital city Mumbai is reporting over 52,000 cases and now has more cases than China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus outbreak.
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 2,86,579 including 8,102 casualties, according to the Union Health Ministry.
In the last 24 hours, a record 9,996 new cases of coronavirus and 357 deaths have been reported in India, both being at a record high in a single day till now.Maharashtra tops the country with the maximum number of coronavirus cases and has reported nearly 90,000 confirmed cases so far.
Total positive cases in States/UTs:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 34
Andhra Pradesh- 5,269
Arunachal Pradesh- 57
Assam- 3,092
Bihar- 5,710
Chandigarh- 327
Chhattisgarh- 1,262
Dadar Nagar Haveli- 26
Delhi- 32,810
Gujarat- 21,521
Goa- 387
Haryana– 5,579
Himachal Pradesh- 451
Jammu and Kashmir- 4,507
Jharkhand- 1,489
Karnataka- 6,041
Kerala- 2,161
Ladakh- 115
Madhya Pradesh- 10,049
Maharashtra- 94,041
Manipur- 311
Meghalaya- 44
Mizoram- 93
Nagaland- 128
Odisha- 3,250
Puducherry- 127
Punjab- 2,805
Rajasthan- 11,600
Sikkim- 13
Tamil Nadu- 36,841
Telangana- 4,111
Tripura- 895
Uttarakhand- 1,562
Uttar Pradesh- 11,610
West Bengal – 9,328
State/UT wise total death toll:
Andhra Pradesh- 78
Assam- 4
Bihar- 33
Chandigarh- 5
Chhattisgarh- 6
Delhi- 984
Gujarat- 1,347
Haryana- 52
Himachal Pradesh- 6
Jammu and Kashmir- 51
Jharkhand- 8
Karnataka- 69
Kerala- 18
Ladakh- 1
Madhya Pradesh- 427
Maharashtra- 3,438
Meghalaya- 1
Odisha- 9
Puducherry- 1
Punjab- 55
Rajasthan- 259
Tamil Nadu- 326
Telangana- 156
Tripura- 1
Uttar Pradesh- 321
Uttarakhand- 15
West Bengal- 432
A total of 1,37,448 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals in India. There are around 1,41,029 active cases currently, according to the Health Ministry.
