On Tuesday, a sharp rise in new cases was observed, followed by a slight decline in cases of corona infection on Monday. There were 3,62,757 new cases in the last 24 hours. During this period, with the death of 3,285 people, the number of deaths from Corona in the country so far has increased to more than two lakhs. This is the first time such a large number of deaths and new cases have occurred from Corona. Currently active cases have increased to 29,72,106 in the country.

More than three thousand deaths in a day for the first time

According to the latest information received till 12 noon on Tuesday, the number of people infected so far in the country has increased to 1,79,88,637, while the total death toll from 3,285 deaths has increased to 2,01,165. During this period, 2,62,039 people were discharged from the hospital. Thus, a total of 1,48,07,704 people have been cured of this disease so far.

People’s recovery rate reduced to 82.54 percent

On the other hand, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health at 8 am on Tuesday, 3,23,144 more people have been infected in the last 24 hours and the number of people affected by this disease has increased to 1,76,36,307. With these new cases, the recovery rate of the people has come down to 82.54 percent and the death rate is 1.12 percent.

Highest deaths in Maharashtra

3,285 people died in the last 24 hours, out of which 895 people are from Maharashtra. This was followed by 381 in Delhi, 264 in Uttar Pradesh, 246 in Chhattisgarh, 180 in Karnataka, 170 in Gujarat and 121 in Rajasthan.

Seventy percent of new cases are in ten states

In the last 24 hours, out of the new cases of corona reported in the country, 69.1 percent cases are from the ten most affected states. These states are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. Maharashtra recorded the highest number of 48,700 daily new cases. This was followed by 33,551 in Uttar Pradesh and 29,744 in Karnataka.

10 states with the most new cases

State New Cases Total Infected [In Lakhs]

Maharashtra 66,358 44.10

Uttar Pradesh 32,921 11.53

Kerala 32,819 14.60

Karnataka 31,830 14.00

Delhi 24,149 10.72

Chhattisgarh 14,893 6.82

Rajasthan 16,089 5.46

Gujarat 14,352 5.25

Tamil Nadu 15,830 11.13

Madhya Pradesh 13,417 5.25

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