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New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 7,315 and the total number of cases climbed to 2,56,611 in the country, registering an increase of 206 deaths and 9,983 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Monday.
The number of active coronavirus cases stands at 1,25,381 while 1,24,095 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
#COVID19 India Update (June 8)
9,983 new cases & 206 deaths reported in the last 24 hours
Total Cases-256611
Active Cases-125381
Cured/Discharged/Migrated-124095
Deaths-7135--Union Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/Be1rRFzLCf
— OTV (@otvnews) June 8, 2020
"Thus, around 48.36 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.
The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.
Of the 206 deaths reported since Sunday morning, 91 were in Maharashtra, 30 in Gujarat, 18 each in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, 13 each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, nine in Rajasthan, four in Haryana, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, and one each in Odisha and Punjab.
Out of the total 7,135 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 3,060 deaths followed by Gujarat with 1,249 deaths, Delhi with 761, Madhya Pradesh with 412, West Bengal with 396, Uttar Pradesh with 275, Tamil Nadu with 269, Rajasthan with 240 and Telangana with 123 deaths.
The death toll reached 75 in Andhra Pradesh, 61 in Karnataka and 51 in Punjab.
Jammu and Kashmir has reported 41 fatalities due to the coronavirus disease, while 30 deaths have been reported from Bihar, 28 from Haryana, 15 from Kerala, 13 from Uttarakhand, nine from Odisha and seven from Jharkhand.
Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh have registered five COVID-19 fatalities each and Assam and Chhattisgarh have recorded four deaths each so far.
Meghalaya and Ladakh have reported one COVID-19 fatality each, according to ministry data. More than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities, according to the ministry's website.
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