Coronavirus Update: India’s Covid-19 Tally Rises To 85,940 With 3,970 New Cases; Here’s The Latest State-Wise Breakup

With 3,970 new Coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally has surged to 85,970, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday (16 May). As many as 103 new fatalities were also reported in a day.

Of the total cases, 53,035 are active and 2,752 are fatalities so far while at least 30,152 people have recovered from the disease.

In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases mounted to 29,100, followed by Tamil Nadu that has 10,108 cases and Gujarat reporting 9,931 cases so far.

The state of Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths, as many as 1,068, which is followed by Gujarat (606) and Madhya Pradesh (239).

At least 8,895 people in the national capital have been infected with the highly contagious Coronavirus.

States which have reported more than 3,000 cases are Rajasthan (4,727), Madhya Pradesh (4,595) and Uttar Pradesh (4,057).

Other major states that have reported more than 1,000 cases, are West Bengal (2,461), Andhra Pradesh (2,307), Punjab (1,935), Telangana (1,454), Karnataka (1,018), and Jammu and Kashmir (1,013).

Here’s the latest state-wise breakup: