NEW DELHI: With 62 fresh fatalities in the past 24 hours due to the novel coronavirus, India reported its highest spike in deaths due to COVID-19 infections on Tuesday (April 27, 2020).
According to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, 1,543 more COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours and with this, India`s tally of coronavirus cases reached 29,435 cases on Tuesday.
The tally includes 21,632 active cases, 6,868 patients have been cured/discharged with one patient migrated. With 62 more deaths reported in the last 24 hours, making it the sharpest rise in the number of deaths so far, the number of deaths due to coronavirus stands at 934, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
According to the government figures, Maharashtra has the most number of cases at 8,590 of which 1,282 have been cured/discharged with 369 fatalities.
Gujarat has the second-highest number of positive COVID-19 cases with 3,548 cases of which 394 patients have been cured/discharged while 162 patients have died due to the deadly virus.
Delhi`s tally has also crossed the 3,000 mark with 3,108 cases with 877 patients cured and 54 patients who died due to the highly contagious virus.
Meanwhile, Goa (seven cases and all seven patients recovered), Tripura and Manipur (two cases and both cases recovered) and Arunachal Pradesh (with one case who has recovered now) have reported no new cases, as of Tuesday.
Source: Zee News