The number of total positive cases of COVID-19 in India is about to touch the house of lakhs as 96,169 cases reported till Monday, registering an increase of 157 fatalities and a record jump of over 5,200 new cases in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the country rose to 3,029, as per the data of union health ministry.
According to the Union Health Ministry's data, Indiasaw 5,242 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, sinceSunday morning.
The total number of cases of coronavirus included56,316 active cases, while 36,824 recovered and discharged and one patientmigrated. Among the confirmed cases, it also included foreign nationals too whowere tested in India.
Around 38.2 percent patients have recovered so far.
Four states/UTs have so far reported over 10,000 cases with Maharashtra being the worst hit at 33,053 infections, followed by Gujarat (11,379), Tamil Nadu (11,224), and Delhi (10,054).
Of the total 3,029 fatalities, Maharashtra tops thetally with 1,198 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 659 deaths, followed byMadhya Pradesh and West Bengal at 248 each, Delhi at 160, Rajasthan at 131,Uttar Pradesh at 104, Tamil Nadu at 78 and Andhra Pradesh at 50.
On Sunday, the death toll due to Covid-19 stood at 2,872and the number of total positive cases at 90,927. The number of active caseswas 53,946, while 34,108 people had recovered.
