The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,531 and the number of cases climbed to 1,58,333 in the country, registering an increase of 194 deaths and 6,566 cases in the last 24 hours till 8 am, the Union health ministry said.
IMAGE: A sales woman wearing a face shield and a mask arranges gold bangles at a jewellery showroom as few stores opened after few restrictions were lifted in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 86,110 while 67,691 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
“Thus, around 42.75 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said.
The total confirmed cases includes foreigners.
IMAGE: Housekeeping staff members prepare beds in a temporary quarantine facility for the incoming passengers inside a closed terminal building at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 56,948 cases.
Tamil Nadu has recorded as many as 18,545 cases while Gujarat and Delhi have recorded 15,195 and 15,257 coronavirus cases respectively.
IMAGE: Students wearing protective masks wait for vocational higher secondary education exams which were postponed amid the coronavirus disease, inside a school in Kochi. Photograph: Sivaram V/Reuters
