Covid
Covid-19 in India: 8,488 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 538 days
On Monday, India reported 8,488 new cases over the previous 24 hours, 19.1% lower than Sunday’s statistics. This was the lowest in 538 days.
With this, country’s cumulative caseload to 3,45,18,901. The number of active cases now stands at 1,18,443 — the lowest in 534 days.
As per the Health Ministry data, as many as 12,510 recoveries were recorded on Monday over the previous 24 hours while the number of deaths stood at 249, taking the total toll to 4,65,911.
The top five states that registered the maximum cases were Kerala with 5,080 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 756 cases, West Bengal with 727 cases, Maharashtra with 298 cases, and Karnataka with 247 cases. As much as 83.75% of the new cases were reported from these five states.