Coronavirus Update: With 3,967 New Cases, India’s Covid-19 Tally Rises To 81,970; Here’s The Latest State-Wise Breakup

With 3,967 new Coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally has surged to 81,970, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday (15 May). As many as 234 new fatalities were also reported in a day.

Of the total cases, 51,401 are active and 2,649 are fatalities so far while at least 27,920 people have recovered from the disease.

In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases mounted to 27,524, followed by Tamil Nadu that has 9,674 cases and Gujarat reporting 9,591 cases so far.

The state of Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths, as many as 1,019, which is followed by Gujarat (586) and Madhya Pradesh (237).

At least 8,470 people in the national capital have been infected with the highly contagious Coronavirus.

States which have reported more than 3,000 cases are Rajasthan (4,534), Madhya Pradesh (4,426) and Uttar Pradesh (3,902).

Other major states that have reported more than 1,000 cases, are West Bengal (2,377), Andhra Pradesh (2,205), Punjab (1,935) and Telangana (1,414).

Here’s the latest state-wise breakup: