Cases of COVID-19 infections in India show no signs of slowing down. With a national tally of 308,993 as of Saturday, the country occupies the fourth position among countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases after the US, Brazil, Russia and the UK.
In Maharashtra, which continues to be the worst-hit state in the country, the infection tally jumped to 101,141 on Saturday. As many as 3,717 people have died of coronavirus in the state while 47,796 have recovered. COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra have outnumbered the total reported cases in China, where the virus originated last year, and will soon overtake Canada’s tally as well which is estimated at around 98,000.
Cases in Tamil Nadu, which has the second highest number of infections in India, jumped to 40,698. Over 22,000 people have recovered in the southern state and 367 have lost their lives to the novel virus.
In Delhi, the total cases of COVID-19 rose to 36,824 on Saturday. While 13,398 patients have recovered from the disease in the national capital, 1,214 have died.
Gujarat saw its state tally rise to 22,527 on Saturday. The state has seen 15,493 people recover from coronavirus while 1,415 people have died.
So far, Rajasthan has 12,068 cases of coronavirus, out of which 8,898 people have recovered and 272 have lost their lives.
States like Manipur, Chandigarh, Goa, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry have reported under 500 Covid-19 cases or less. Meghalaya, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, Dadar Nagar Haveli have less than 100 Covid-19 cases.
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