With 3,525 new cases, corona tally in India reaches 74,281

Bus drivers and attendants wearing protective gear wait for patients and their relatives coming from the Southern Indian city of Vellore, after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. Pi

With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 47480 are active and 2,415 are fatalities so far while at least 24,385 people have recovered from the disease. In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases climbed to 24,427 followed by Gujarat that has 8,903 cases and Tamil Nadu has reported 8,718 cases so far.

Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths, 921, followed by Gujarat 537 and Madhya Pradesh 225. At least 7,639 people in the national capital have been infected with the highly contagious coronavirus. Other states which have reported more than 3,000 cases are Rajasthan 4,126, Madhya Pradesh 3,986 and Uttar Pradesh 3,664.

Other major states and Union Territories that have reported more than 1,000 cases are Andhra Pradesh 2,090, West Bengal 2,173, Punjab 1,914 and Telangana 1,326. Among other major states and UTs that have reported a significant number of cases are, Bihar 831, Haryana 780, Jammu and Kashmir 934, Karnataka 925, Kerala 524, Odisha 437, Tripura 154 and Chandigarh 187.

States/UTs that have zero coronavirus cases are Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All individuals have been cured in these states/UTs and no casualty has been reported from here so far.

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