India's coronavirus death toll tops 3000

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,029 and the number of cases to 96,169 in the country on Monday (May 18), registering an increase of 157 deaths and a record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 56,316, while 36,823 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.

"Thus, around 38.29 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.

The total confirmed cases include foreign nationals too, the ministry said.

Of the 157 deaths reported since Sunday morning, 63 were in Maharashtra, 34 in Gujarat, 31 in Delhi, six in West Bengal, five each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, four in Tamil Nadu, three in Punjab and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka and Odisha.

Source: Agencies


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