India on Tuesday surpassed the 15 lakh count of Covid-19 cases where the tally of the infected people reached 15,32,125 with addition of 49,622 new patients during the day. As many as 770 patients died during the day, stretching the tally of the dead to 34,224.
The day saw major spikes in southern States while States like Maharashtra and Delhi have started to flatten the curve of the infection.
Andhra Pradesh led the pack among the States with a daily count of 7,948. The overall tally has reached 1,10,297 with 58 deaths during the day adding to the total casualties of 1,148 people.
This is for the first time that a State has surpassed the daily case count of Maharashtra that reported 7,717 new cases on Tuesday. However, Maharashtra continues to be at the top in terms of number of people infected so far with a total case count of 3,91,440. The State alone reported 282 deaths due to Covid-19 during the day, taking the tally of deceased to 14,165.
Tamil Nadu reported 6,972 new cases of infection, taking the tally to 2,27,688. The State registered 88 deaths during the day where the toll has now reached 3,659.
Delhi reported 1,056 cases during the last 24 hours where the case count has reached 1,32,275. Delhi reported 28 deaths due to the pandemic during the day where 3,881 people have succumbed to the viral infection till now.
Karnataka reported 5,536 cases during the last 24 hours, stretching the tally to 1,07,001. The State lost 102 persons to Covid-19 and the death count has now reached 2,057.
Uttar Pradesh logged 3,458 new cases of Covid-19, taking the tally to 73,951. During the day, the State reported 41 deaths where the death toll has reached 1,497.
Bihar reported 2,480 new cases of infection where the tally of Covid-hit patients has reached 43,591. Fourteen persons died due to the disease during the day where the death count has reached 269.
West Bengal reported 2,134 new cases, taking the case count to 62,964. The death toll during the day stood at 38 in the State that has recorded 1,449 casualties till now.
Telangana recorded 1,610 new cases where 57,142 persons have been infected till now. Nine casualties during the day took the death count in the State to 480.
Gujarat added 1,108 fresh cases of infection to stretch the tally to 57,982. The State has reported 2,368 casualties including 24 deaths during the day.
Rajasthan reported 406 cases, taking the tally to 37,970. The death count has reached 640 with seven casualties during the day.
Madhya Pradesh reported 628 cases, taking the tally of infected persons to 29,217. Ten persons succumbed to the disease during the day where the toll has touched 830.
Odisha reported 1,215 fresh cases of infection where the case count has surged to 28,107. Eight persons died during the day where the death toll reached 189.
Kerala reported 1167 new cases, taking the tally to 20,895. Four persons died during the day, taking the tally to 68.
Jammu & Kashmir reported 489 new cases during the day, taking the case count to 18,879. The Union Territory has reported 333 deaths so far including 12 during the day.
Punjab registered 609 new cases where the number of infected persons has reached 14,378. The State has reported 336 deaths including 18 during the day.
Jharkhand reported 74 new cases, taking the tally to 8,877. Three deaths during the day added to the total death count of 93 till so far.
Uttarakhand reported 259 new cases where 6,587 people have been infected till now. Four persons died in the hill State that has lost 70 persons to the pandemic.