With India’s coronavirus count crossing the 43 lakh mark, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 60% of total cases came from the five most affected states, adding that of the cases in the past 24 hours, more than 20,000 are from Maharashtra alone. .
“60% of all cases are registered in only five states. Of the total of 89,706 new cases, which have been reported in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra alone has contributed more than 20,000 and Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 10,000, ”the Health Ministry said today.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, in that order, are the five most affected states in the country. India’s current Covid-19 count is 43,70,128. This includes 33,98,844 recovered cases, 8,97,394 active cases and 73,890 deaths, of which 1,115 are from the last 24 hours.
Of the 89,706 cases in the past 24 hours, 20,131 were from Maharashtra, the second time the state has reported more than 20,000 cases in a single day. It has been the most affected state since the first days of the outbreak of the pandemic in the country.
Andhra Pradesh, meanwhile, reported 10,601 cases on Tuesday.
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