Coronavirus | Maharashtra tops tally of daily fatalities, cases
The Hindu
India has reported 117 new COVID deaths in the last 24 hours, with six States accounting for 82.91% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (57) while Punjab follows with 18 deaths while Kerala reported 13 deaths, a release issued by the Health Ministry said on Friday.
Along with highest COVID casualties, Maharashtra has also reported the highest daily new COVID cases at 14,317(61.48% of the daily new cases). It is followed by Kerala with 2,133 cases while Punjab reported 1,305 new cases.
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