New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 2,16,919, with 6,075 deaths due to the pandemic, Union Health Ministry said.
In the past 24 hours, 9,304 fresh COVID-19 infections and 260 more deaths were reported in India.
At least 1,04,106 patients have been cured of the virus or discharged, the ministry said.
In Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases climbed to 74,860, followed by Tamil Nadu with 25,872 cases, and Delhi with 23,645 cases.
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of fatalities at 2,587, followed by 1,122 in Gujarat and 371 in Madhya Pradesh.
The death toll in the national capital surged to 606. While another 9,542 patients in Delhi have recovered so far, healthy ministry data shows.
Other states with high virus cases are Gujarat (18,100), Rajasthan (9,652), Madhya Pradesh (8,588), and Uttar Pradesh (8,729).
More than 4 million people have been tested for coronavirus so far, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government yesterday said that all asymptomatic travellers to the national capital will have to be in home quarantine for a week.
