New Delhi (NVI): The corona cases in India saw a jump of 9,887 in the last 24 hours, raising the total number to 2,36,657.
The death toll due to the virus rose to 6,642, with 294 new fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said.
With this, India overtook Italy’s tally and became the world’s sixth worst-hit country.
So far, 1,14,073 patients have recovered all over the country.
In Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases increased to 80,229, followed by Tamil Nadu with 28,694 cases, and Delhi with 26,334 cases.
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of fatalities at 28,49, followed by 1,194 in Gujarat and 384 in Madhya Pradesh.
The death toll in the national capital rose to 708, while 10,315 patients in Delhi have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
The other worst affected states are Gujarat (19,094) Rajasthan (10,084), Uttar Pradesh (9,733) and Madhya Pradesh (8,996).
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has issued new SOPs for COVID-19 hospitals, amid the reports of patients not being able to find beds in these hospitals.
