New Delhi, May 20: India reported the sharpest spike of 5,611 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The death toll due to COVID-19 also increased by 140 in the same corresponding period. Till now, 1,06,750 have contracted coronavirus in the country. The deadly virus has also claimed 3,303 lives so far.  According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are currently, 61,149 active cases in India. India Has About 7.1 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Per Lakh Population: Health Ministry.

Out of the total cases detected in the country, 42,297 COVID-19 patients have recovered until now with the recovery rate of 39.62 percent, while one migrated to another country. The coronavirus mortality rate in India is 3.09 percent which is lower that global mortality rate. India is currently at the 11th highest coronavirus cases in the world ahead of China. Coronavirus Live Tracker in India.

Statewise Coronavirus Cases in India:

S. No. Name of State / UT Total Confirmed cases* Cured/Discharged/Migrated Deaths
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 33 33 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 2532 1621 52
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 0
4 Assam 142 41 4
5 Bihar 1498 534 9
6 Chandigarh 200 57 3
7 Chhattisgarh 101 59 0
8 Dadar Nagar Haveli 1 0 0
9 Delhi 10554 4750 168
10 Goa 46 7 0
11 Gujarat 12140 5043 719
12 Haryana 964 627 14
13 Himachal Pradesh 92 47 3
14 Jammu and Kashmir 1317 653 17
15 Jharkhand 231 127 3
16 Karnataka 1397 544 40
17 Kerala 642 497 4
18 Ladakh 43 43 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 5465 2630 258
20 Maharashtra 37136 9639 1325
21 Manipur 9 2 0
22 Meghalaya 13 12 1
23 Mizoram 1 1 0
24 Odisha 978 277 5
25 Puducherry 18 9 1
26 Punjab 2002 1642 38
27 Rajasthan 5845 3337 143
28 Tamil Nadu 12448 4895 84
29 Telengana 1634 1010 38
30 Tripura 173 116 0
31 Uttarakhand 111 52 1
32 Uttar Pradesh 4926 2918 123
33 West Bengal 2961 1074 250
Cases being reassigned to states 1096
Total number of confirmed cases in India 106750 42298 3303

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state. In this western state of India, 37,136 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The death toll in Maharashtra also mounted to 1,325. Till now, 9,639 patients have recovered. In Maharashtra’s capital city also, the number of coronavirus cases have crossed 22,000-mark. In the maximum city, 800 people lost their lives due to coronavirus.

In Delhi (10,554), Gujarat (12,140) and Tamil Nadu (12,448) also the COVID-19 cases have crossed 10,000-mark. Meanwhile, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have more than 5,000 coronavirus cases. Till now, India has tested over 24 lakh samples fro COVID-19.  Punjab has the highest recovery rate of over 82 percent among all other states and union territories of the country. In the wake of the rising COVID-19 cases, the government has also extended the lockdown till May 31.

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