Covid-19 Spreads In India: 5,880 New Cases In 24 Hours, 10 Per Cent More Than Yesterday

In yet another indication of the deadly Covid-19 virus spreading fast in the country, India on Monday recorded 5,880 new cases of coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours. "5,880 new Covid-19 cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours; active caseload rises to 35,199," said the Union Health Ministry's website updated at 8 AM. With 5,880 new Covid-19 cases, the country recorded nearly ten per cent higher than the cases reported a day earlier, it added. The states with the highest number of Covid-19 cases include Kerala (12,433), Maharashtra (4,587), Delhi (2,460), Gujarat (2,013), and Tamil Nadu (1,900).

While four deaths each reported from Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, one each from Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and two reconciled by Kerala, the Covid-19 death count has increased to 5,30,979, the government data stated. Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.91 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 3.67 per cent.