Covid-19: Deaths in India jump by 2,000 as states update figures

India reported over 2,000 coronavirus deaths for the first time after states updated the number of those who died due to the highly contagious disease.

The country has so far reported 3,54,065 coronavirus cases; 1,86,935 have recovered.

The number of dead is 11,903. The recovery rate is at 52.79 per cent.

Maharashtra has the highest number of cases in the country.

The number of fatalities across the state and its capital Mumbai went up sharply on Tuesday as the records were updated with 1,328 more cases.

Mumbai now has 3,167 coronavirus-linked deaths, records show. The state's total is 5,537, including 81 deaths reported on Tuesday.

The data on the Health Ministry's website that shows the spike in the number of deaths came after the states including Delhi and Maharashtra reconciled their data from previous days.

The highest number of samples was tested in the last 24 hours, according to government data. At least 1,63,187 have been tested during this period, taking the total samples tested to 60,84,256. A total of 6.72 per cent was tested positive in the last 24 hours.

(Source: NDTV)