The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country climbed to 31,332 on Wednesday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 22,629 are active, 7,695 people have recovered, and 1007 people have succumbed to the disease.

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Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with the total number of cases rising to 9,318, with 400 deaths and 1,388 people recovering from the deadly virus. Gujarat was the next which has reported 3,744 cases so far followed by Delhi which has reported 3,314 cases, according to the Health Ministry data.

The other states which have seen sharp rise in cases are Madhya Pradesh (2,387), Rajasthan (2,364), Tamil Nadu (2,058) and Uttar Pradesh (2,053).

Maharashtra has recorded 400 deaths, the highest number of fatalities among all the states. The western state is followed by Gujarat at 181 deaths, Madhya Pradesh at 120 and New Delhi at 54 deaths.

Among other major states, Andhra Pradesh has reported 1,259 while 31 have died, Bihar stood at 366 cases and two deaths, Haryana 310 and three deaths, Jammu and Kashmir at 565 cases and eight deaths, Karnataka at 523 and 20 deaths and Kerala was docked at 485 cases and four deaths.

States which have reported less than 10 cases are Tripura, Mizoram, Puducherry, Manipur, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh.

25 die of Covid-19 in Mumbai, highest in a day. Mumbai recorded the highest single-day death figures of 25 on Tuesday, including 4 in the Dharavi slum area, officials said here on Tuesday.
This is higher than the previous high of 16 casualties in a single-day notched on April 12, taking the city`s Covid-19 death toll to 244.

Dharavi gave a fresh shock on Tuesday with the number of positive cases shooting up from 288 to 330. Nineteen deaths have been reported from the area till date.

Of the 25 victims on Tuesday, 13 were males and 12 females among whom 17 had various serious diseases like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, heart problems etc.

The city also saw 393 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the city`s tally to 5,982.

As many as 219 patients, who have fully recovered, were discharged on Tuesday, taking the total number of those cured to 1,234 till now.

In another scare, the state government announced the closure of the Mantralaya for two days from Wednesday to sanitise the entire building at Nariman Point.

This follows the reporting of a positive from the building which has led to several staffers being quarantined, though officials declined to comment on the issue.

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The Mumbai Police on Tuesday announced that it has kept off duty all middle-aged police personnel, including those above 52 years of age with serious diseases and all policemen above the age of 55 after the city force recorded three deaths in the past three days.