India records 19,740 new Covid-19 cases, 248 deaths; active caseload declines by 3,578

India registered 19,740 new covid cases in the last 24 hours, 7.1 per cent lower than yesterday. As many as 248 deaths were reported during the same time.

India registered 19,740 new covid cases in the last 24 hours, 7.1 per cent lower than yesterday, bringing the total caseload to 3,39,35,309.A total of 248 deaths were reported in the during the same time, increasing the total reported death count to 4,50,375.The top five states which registered the maximum number of Covid-19 cases are Kerala with 10,944 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 2,620 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,359 cases, Mizoram with 950 cases and West Bengal with 784 cases.

As many as 84.37 per cent of the new cases were reported from these five states, with Kerala alone responsible for 55.44 per cent of the new cases.