Maharashtra witnesses 2,250 new Covid-19 cases and 65 deaths
With Maharashtra witnessing 2,250 new Covid-19 cases and 65 deaths on Wednesday, the country registered total of 5,531 new cases 132 deaths. The total cases in India stood at 1,12,012 and 3,434 death with Uttar Pradesh adding 249 cases and 4 deaths on Wednesday. Mumbai city alone witnessed 1,372 more cases with 41 deaths.
Meanwhile coronavirus has infected more than 5 million people across the world.
After Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu witnessed 743 cases, followed by Delhi 534 new cases and Gujarat 398 confirmed cases. Gujarat and Delhi had 30 and 10 deaths respectively. This was the biggest single day spike for Delhi.
Apart from these States, out of the total around 5,249 new Covid-cases, 270 new cases were reported from Madhya Pradesh, 142 cases from West Bengal, 107 from Rajasthan. Andhra Pradesh witnessed 71 new cases. After registering low numbers for the last few days Kerala saw 24 new cases on Wednesday while Bihar reported 60 new cases.
As per the latest data out of a total of 1,11,730 confirmed cases, 62,871 are active cases and 45,422 people have recovered till date. Out of the total 3,426 deaths in India, more than 40 per cent deaths (1,390) are from Maharashtra alone. After Maharashtra, Gujarat has witnessed the maximum number of deaths with a total of 749. Madhya Pradesh has reported 267 deaths with 9 on Wednesday.
West Bengal has seen total of 253 deaths, followed by Delhi 176 deaths and Rajasthan 143 deaths and Uttar Pradesh 143 deaths. Among the double digit deaths, Tamil Nadu’s tally reached 88 with three more deaths on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh has a total death count of 53 and Telangana 38 and neighbouring Karnataka 41.
Meanwhile situation is North Eastern region is in control with new 13 cases in Assam and 11 new patients in Manipur. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have 12 and 11 new patients on Wednesday. Jammu & Kashmir also have 73 new patients tested as positive with one death, taking the total death tally to 18.