COVID-19 Tally in India crosses 43 lakh-mark

The total number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in India crossed the 43 lakh-mark on Tuesday while the country continues to remain at the second spot in the global tally of Covid-19 cases.

As per the Union Health Ministry's Covid-19 bulletin on Tuesday morning, India had 42,80,422 Covid-19 cases. However, since then, states have released their own data for Tuesday, taking the country's overall figure beyond the 43 lakh-mark.

On Tuesday, with 20,131 Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra recorded the highest number of cases in India.

Besides Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh recorded 6,743 cases, Tamil Nadu 5,684 cases and Delhi 3,609 cases.

The other states whose daily data for Tuesday are out include: Madhya



Pradesh 1,864 cases, Punjab 1,964 cases, Uttarakhand 658 cases, Gujarat 1,295 cases, West Bengal 3,091 cases, J&K 1,355 cases, Meghalaya 42 cases and Mizoram 9 cases.

On Monday, India reported 90,802 cases (a global record), and on Sunday, the figure was 90,632. On Monday, India also surpassed Brazil to become the country with the second highest number of Covid-19 cases after the United States.

Besides this, on Tuesday, India recorded its highest daily Covid-19 deaths in more than a month.

As per Union health ministry, 1,133 people had died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to 72,775.

However, new daily cases were at 75,809, the lowest in a week.