NEW DELHI : India’s tally of covid-19 cases breached the 1.5 million mark on Tuesday, with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi remaining the worst-hit states despite some decline in fresh cases.Maharashtra leads with 383,723 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu (227,688) and Delhi (132,275).
The three states have also conducted some of the highest numbers of covid-19 testing in the country.As per government data, the highest number of tests have been conducted by Tamil Nadu (2.38 million), followed by Maharashtra (1.9 mn), Uttar Pradesh (1.5 mn), Rajasthan (1.28 mn), Karnataka (1.26 mn) and Delhi (992,193).
Officials said per million testing is one of the highest in Delhi. Nationally, the cumulative testing as on date has crossed 17.3 million.