Covid Update: Maharashtra Records 104% Surge In Cases In 24 Hrs, India Logs Over 16K New Infections

28 people lost their lives due to the deadly virus, while 15,394 people recovered from the virus in a single day. 

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New Delhi: After a slight decrease in Covid infections on Monday, India has again reported over 16,000 Coronavirus cases. After the surge in new cases, the positivity rate of the country has now increased to 3.56% in the last 24 hours. According to the data updated by the Ministry of Health, India reported 16,159 fresh cases on Tuesday.

28 people lost their lives due to the deadly virus, while 15,394 people recovered from the virus in a single day. 

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 3,098 fresh COVID-19 cases, up from 1,515 the previous day, and six fatalities, taking the tally to 79,89,909 and the toll to 1,47,949.

With the huge spike in cases, the tally was 104 per cent more than Monday, while the fatality count too doubled from three to six, according to a PTI report.

The recovery count increased by 4,207 in the last 24 hours to touch 78,21,140, leaving the state with an active caseload of 20,820.

Mumbai is leading the active tally with 6,409 cases, followed by 5,335 in Pune district and 4,037 in Thane district.

Delhi

Delhi recorded 615 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.89 per cent and three more fatalities due to the viral disease on Tuesday, according to the city health department. 

With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 19,38,048 and the death toll has shot up to 26,275, the department said in a bulletin.

The fresh cases came out of 15,829 tests conducted to detect the infection on Monday, it said.

Delhi had recorded 420 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 5.25 per cent on Monday, while one person had succumbed to the disease.

On Sunday, the city had reported 648 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent, while five people had died due to the infection. 

(with PTI inputs)