The Coronavirus cases have mounted to 27,892 in the country. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that out of the total cases, 20,835 are active. While fatalities stand at 872, and 6,184 individuals have been cured and discharged.
The state of Maharashtra remains the worst hit with 8,068 cases and 342 fatalities, followed by Gujarat with 3301 cases and 151 deaths and Delhi with 2,918 cases and 54 casualties, according to the Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases spiked up to 2,185 in Rajasthan and 2,096 in Madhya Pradesh.
States where the cases crossed 1,000 mark are Tamil Nadu (1,885), Uttar Pradesh (1,868), Telengana (1,002) and Andhra Pradesh (1,097).
Other states and UTs that have reported cases of novel coronavirus are — West Bengal (649), Punjab (313), Karnataka (503), Jammu and Kashmir (523), Kerala (458), Haryana (289), Bihar (274), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (33), Chandigarh (30), Chhattisgarh (37), Jharkhand (82), Ladakh (20), Odisha (103), Puducherry (7), Himachal Pradesh (40) and Uttarakhand (50).
