New Delhi: With an increase of 773 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases crosses the 5,000 mark with 5,194 cases, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
Out of the 5194 cases, 4,643 cases are reported to be active cases while 401 people have recovered/discharged and one migrated.
The ministry has reported 10 new deaths in the last 24 hours increasing the toll to 149.
According to the Ministry, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state with 1,018 positive cases reported. Tamil Nadu is second in terms of most number of positive cases with 690 cases.
Delhi has 576 reported COVID-19 cases so far.
In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday sealed the Satya Nagar area of the city and declared it as containment zone, after a man was found positive for the deadly virus.
Fifteen more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 329.
According to a health bulletin released by Andhra Pradesh nodal officer, 15 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the state from 6 PM yesterday to 10 AM today. With this total number of COVID positive cases in the state has increased to 329.
