The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,435 in India and the number of total positive coronavirus cases climbed to 1,12,359 on May 21, Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In the last 24 hours, the country recorded 5,609 fresh COVID-19 cases. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 63,624, while 45,299 have been cured/discharged and one patient has migrated.
Of the total coronavirus cases, Maharashtra tops the tally with 39,297 COVID-91 cases, Tamil Nadu comes second with 13,191, Gujarat is placed at third position with 12,537 cases.
Delhi has recorded 11,088 COVID infections so far, Rajasthan 6,015, Uttar Pradesh 5,175 and Madhya Pradesh 5,735.
States which have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus cases include West Bengal (3103), Andhra Pradesh (2602), Punjab (2005), Bihar (1674), Telangana (1661), Karnataka (1462), Jammu and Kashmir (1390), Odisha (1052).
Of the total 3,435 COVID-19 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,390 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 749 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 267, West Bengal at 253, Delhi at 176, Rajasthan at 147, Uttar Pradesh at 127, Tamil Nadu at 87 and Andhra Pradesh at 53.
Here’s the coronavirus count of other states and Union Territories – Haryana (993), Kerala (666), Jharkhand (231), Chandigarh (202), Tripura (173), Assam (170), Chhattisgarh (115) and Uttarakhand (122).
According to the union health ministry, more than 70 per cent of the COVID-19 deaths are due to comorbidities.
Meanwhile, Worldometer today reported that the global coronavirus cases have crossed 5 million. According to the latest figures, 329,732 people have lost lives due to COVID-19 pandemic and 2,024,221 have recovered from the deadly contagious virus.