India’s death toll from the coronavirus rose to 1,583 yesterday, an official said.
The total number of cases also rose to 46,711, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Aagarwal said.
Of these, 31,967 are active cases, he said, adding 13,160 people have recovered so far.
The deaths saw a surge in West Bengal, going up to 133 from 61 on Monday.
Aagarwal said states should report on time about the number of cases and fatalities in order to ensure better management.
“We followed up with certain states as we were not receiving reports of cases and deaths on time from them. After this, the cases have been reported and there is a sudden spike in deaths reported in the past 24 hours,” he said.
“The new cases reported in the last 24 hours are 3,900 and new deaths are 195. It is the highest number so far,” said Agarwal.
Maharashtra continued to top the chart with a total of 14,541 cases followed by Gujarat (5,804) and Delhi (4,898).
For the second straight day the number of positive cases in Tamil Nadu crossed 500, raising the number of infected patients to 4,058 yesterday.
Two Covid-19 patients also died, taking the state’s toll to 33.
The number of active cases in the state is 2,537.