A medic conducts Covid-19 testing on a woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh (PTI photo)
India reported 43,071 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday with 955 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry.
The country’s cumulative caseload declined to 4,85,350, of which total recoveries were at 2,96,58,078 across the country. Active cases constitute 1.59 per cent of the total caseload.
Among all the states, Kerala reported the highest Covid-19 cases at 12,456, followed by Maharashtra with 9,489 cases, Tamil Nadu with 4,013 cases, Andhra Pradesh with 2,930 cases and Odisha with 2,917 cases.
These five states accounted for 73.84 per cent of the daily new cases reported on Sunday, with Kerala alone responsible for 28.92 per cent of the fresh infections.