Six States Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh besides Kerala accounted for more than half of the 44,489 fresh cases of the Covid-19 reported in the last 24 hours with the Southern State topping the list taking the tally to 92,66,705, while the death toll climbed to 1,35,223 with 524 new fatalities.
The Union Health Ministry said that 60.50 per cent of the 524 latest fatalities are concentrated in six States and Union territories—Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
The recoveries surged to 86.79 lakh while Covid-19 active caseload has risen to 4,52,344, an increase of 7,598 cases from Wednesday, even though it remained below 5 lakh for the 16th consecutive day.
The active cases comprise 4.88 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to ICMR, over 13.59 crore samples have been tested for Covid-19 till November 25, with 10,90,238 samples being tested on Wednesday.
The 524 new fatalities include 99 from Delhi, 65 from Maharashtra, 51 from West Bengal, 42 from Haryana, 31 from Punjab, 29 from Uttar Pradesh and 26 from Kerala.
A total of 1,35,223 deaths reported so far in the country includes 46,748 from Maharashtra followed by 11,714 from Karnataka, 11,655 from Tamil Nadu, 8,720 from Delhi, 8,172 from West Bengal, 7,644 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,962 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,684 from Punjab and 3,906 from Gujarat.
The Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
Kerala leads the fatalities tally with 6,491 new Covid-19 cases registered in a span of 24 hours, while Maharashtra has reported 6,159 new cases followed by Delhi with 5,246 new cases. Delhi with 99 deaths reported the maximum new fatalities. Maharashtra saw a fatality count of 65 followed by West Bengal with 51 deaths, the Ministry said.