India reports 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 1,45,000
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, reported fresh 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours taking the tally over 1,45,000 on Tuesday.
As per the data provided by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 1,45,380 people including 60,491 cured/discharged and 4,167 deceased have been infected with the pandemic virus.
Maharashtra, the worst affected state, has reported more than 50 per cent of India's total Covid cases.
The western state has reported 52,667 cases including 15,786 cured/discharged and 1,695 deceased.
Maharashtra is followed by the southern state of Tamil Nadu (17,082), Gujarat (14,460) and Delhi (14,053) in terms of the infected numbers.
India has already entered into the last week of the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown which is due to end on Jun 1.
Even before the expiry of the lockdown 4.0, Himachal Pradesh on Monday extended the shutdown till Jun 30.
The hill state has reported 223 cases so far.
In a step towards bringing normalcy in the country, the Indian government on Monday resumed domestic passenger flight operations, which was suspended even before the beginning of the lockdown in March, but lots of airlines were also suspended in Delhi creating more confusion for the passengers.
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