New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said Sunday the total number of cases in Delhi has left behind the worst-hit Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. With 503 positive coronavirus cases in the national capital, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 3,577. The updated data was put out by the Health Ministry in the evening.
At least 274 people have recovered from the deadly coronavirus disease. However, 83 deaths have also been reported from different states. Among the totyal number of people who have recovered from the deadly virus are 65 foreign nationals and one of them has has left the country. There are now, 3,219 active cases of COVID-19, said the ministry.
According to Health Ministry data, Delhi has left behind the worst hit state of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and has 503 cases, while there are 490 cases in Maharashtra, 485 cases in Tamil Nadu.
Kerala has 306 cases, Telangana reported 269 cases, Uttar Pradesh has 227 while Rajasthan has 200 cases so far.
Other states and UTs that have reported the novel coronavirus cases, are Andhra Pradesh (190), Gujarat (122), Jammu and Kashmir (106), Karnataka (144), Madhya Pradesh (165), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (10), Assam (26), Bihar (30), Chandigarh (18), Chhattisgarh (9), Goa (7), Haryana (59), Himachal Pradesh (6), Jharkhand (3), Ladakh (14), Manipur (2), Mizoram (1), Odisha (20) Pondicherry (5), Punjab (57), Uttarakhand (22) and West Bengal(82).
Speaking to media, Joint Secretary of the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said, “the doubling rate, which means in how many days the number of COVID-19 cases double, at present is 4.1 days. But if cases reported due to the Tablighi Jamaat event had not come, then the doubling rate would have been 7.4 days.”
Agarwal said at least 274 districts have COVID-19 cases in India. According to the Health Ministry, at least 472 new cases and 11 new deaths have been reported since Saturday.
IANS