Five deaths ---one each in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and two deaths in Maharashtra -- have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the data
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India's active Covid-19 cases have crossed the 4,000 mark, with Kerala remaining the most affected state followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Delhi, according to the Union Health Ministry data released on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
There are 4,026 active Covid-19 cases in India and five fresh deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.
Since January this year, 37 deaths have been reported in the country.
There were 257 active patients in the country on May 22. The figure rose to 3,395 by May 31 and subsequently to 4,026 cases.
Presently, Kerala has 1,446 active cases, the highest in the country followed by Maharashtra with 494, Gujarat with 397 and Delhi with 393 cases.
Five deaths ---one each in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and two deaths in Maharashtra -- have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the data, reported PTI.
Official sources on May 31 told PTI that the Covid-19 situation in India is being closely monitored while stressing that the severity of infections is low, with most of the patients being under home care and that there was no cause for worry.
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Rajiv Behl on Monday told PTI that genome sequencing of samples in West and South have shown that the variants leading to the current rise in cases are not severe and are sub-variants of Omicron only.
The four variants that we have found are subvariants of Omicron --- LF.7, XFG, JN.1 and NB. 1.8.1. The first three have been found in more number of cases, he said.
"We have been closely monitoring the situation. At this moment overall, we should monitor, be vigilant but there is no cause to worry," Dr Behl had said.
Meanwhile, as many as 59 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Maharashtra, 20 of them in Mumbai alone, taking the number of infections since January 1 this year to 873 in the state, the health department said on Monday.
According to a health department statement, a total of 12,011 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the state since January 2025, and the tally of active cases stood at 494, while 369 patients have recovered from the viral infection, whose counts have risen in India in the last few months.
Of the new cases, 20 were detected in Mumbai, 17 in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, four in Thane and one in Pune district (outside civic body areas). Other cases were reported from municipal limits of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (7), Pimpri-Chinchwad, Satara, Kolhapur, Akola (2 each), Sangli (1) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (1 - outside civic areas), said the release.
(With inputs from PTI)
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