NEW DELHI : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday said seven states account for 87.63% of the new deaths in India in last 24 hours.
Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties with 38 deaths followed by Punjab with 17 and Kerala with 13 deaths. The new cases of covid-19 infection in India recorded above 18,000 for the third straight day taking the total tally to 1,12,29,398, the ministry added.A total of 18,599 new infections were registered in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,57,853 with 97 daily new fatalities, the ministry said.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.The ministry said Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have been reporting a.