New Delhi: The novel coronavirus has infected more than 16 million people and killed at least 6,59,000 worldwide. Currently, the US, Brazil and India are the most infected country in the world with over 1.5 Million cases. The total number of people infected due to the virus has reached to 1,66,67,130.

More than 2,50,000 new cases & 5,500 new deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours globally. There have been 6,64,598 fatalities with 9,703,211 recovered cases. The overall recovery rate of the world stood at 58.2 percent.

On Tuesday, India hits the gruesome milestone of 15,00,000 coronavirus confirmed cases as new infected cases emerged to see a rise of more than 47000 for the fifth consecutive day.  India reported 48,513 new cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total Covid-19 cases in the country to 15,31,669.

According to Ministry of Health data,  the death toll rises to 34,193 with 768 new fatalities. There are 5,09,447 patients who are under active supervision whereas 9,88,029 patients have recovered. The current recovery rate of India is 64.24%.

Looking at the death count, India’s death rate remains below that of other large countries. Its mortality rate for those with the disease is 2.25%, compared with 3.4% for United States where around 149,256 people have died, 3.5% for Brazil, 15.2% for the United Kingdom among others.

Globally, India is the 3rd most affected country due to coronvirus outbreak. It has breached 15,00,000 mark in confirmed cases after US and Brazil. Germany.

According to the data, 5 states have crossed the bleak target of 1,00,000 cases in India which includes Maharashtra(3.8 lakh), Tamil Nadu(2.2 lakh), Delhi(1.3 lakh), Andra Pradesh(1.02 lakh) and Karnataka with 1.01 lakh.

S. No.Name of State / UTTOTAL CASESDeaths
1Maharashtra38372313883
2Tamil Nadu2207163571
3Delhi1312193853
4Andhra Pradesh1023491090
5Karnataka1014651953
6Uttar Pradesh704931456
7West Bengal608301411
8Telengana57142480
9Gujarat568742348
10Bihar41244253
11Rajasthan36878631
12Assam3357686
13Haryana32127397
14Madhya Pradesh28589820
15Odisha26892147
16Kerala1972763
17Jammu and Kashmir18390321
18Punjab13769318
19Jharkhand868389
20Chhattisgarh774544
21Uttarakhand632866
22Goa511936
23Tripura404917
24Puducherry287243
25Manipur22860
26Himachal Pradesh227014
27Nagaland13855
28Ladakh13064
29Arunachal Pradesh12393
30Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu9462
31Chandigarh91014
32Meghalaya7385
33Sikkim5551
34Mizoram3840
35Andaman and Nicobar Islands3381