India’s Covid-19 tally surged past 103,8716 on Saturday adding over 34,884 fresh cases in the past 24 hours. As many as 671 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours taking India’s coronavirus death toll to 26,273. Over 62 percent of Covid-19 patients have recovered across the country which accounts for 653,750 recovered patients.
South Indian states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been reporting a surge in Covid-19 cases. Karnataka is now the fourth affected state in the country after Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh is another state which has more active cases than the national capital, over 19,000, besides Karnataka. The state tally crossed 40,000 on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal are states where Covid-19 numbers are rapidly rising. The Covid-19 tally in Uttar Pradesh has jumped to 45,163. In Telangana, 42,496 have been infected from the virus till date. Andhra Pradesh has reported 40,646 Covid-19 patients till date while as many as 38,011 people have contracted Covid-19 in West Bengal so far.
Rajasthan has reported 27789 Covid-19 cases till date. Covid-19 death toll in Rajasthan stands at 530 while 19,502 patients have recovered.
Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat are currently the top five worst-affected states in the country. In Maharashtra, Covid-19 cases have crossed the 2 lakh mark while the national capital has reported 120,107 cases till date. Maharashtra’s Covid-19 fatalities stand at 11,452 while in Delhi, 3,571 people have succumbed to death.