Maharashtra reported 711 new Covid cases while Delhi logged 373 cases in the past 24 hours. Mumbai registered more than 500 Covid cases, the highest daily count since February 6 this year, on Tuesday.
The hospitalisations due to Covid-19 have increased by 231% in May over April in Mumbai. Notably, until Monday, the city saw 215 admissions to hospitals, which is up from 65 in April.
A total of 85.04 crore tests to detect Covid-19 have been conducted so far of which 3,63,883 were carried out in the last 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,17,810 with 2,236 people recovered in past 24 hours The total number of vaccine doses administered in the country so far has exceeded 193.57 crore.