According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, over 1,329 cases of Covid-19 reported in country in past 24 hours totaling the confirmed cases to 18,985. There are 15,122 active cases in the country while 3,259 people have been discharged or cured or migrated. In India 44 new deaths were reported in past 24 hours. The total deaths in India reached 603 marks.

According to the Government data, the recovery percentage in India stands at 17.48. A total of 3,525 people recovered from the deadly Covid-19 infection.

Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal said, "With 1,336 new cases, there are 18,601 positive cases in India till now. So far, 3252 people have recovered including 705 people who recovered yesterday. This takes our recovery percentage to 17.48 per cent."

Maharashtra is the most affected state in the country with total of 4,669 cases, 572 recovery and 232 deaths.

Delhi is second most affected place with total 2,081 cases, over 431 recovery and 47 deaths.

Gujarat reported total of 2,066 confirmed cases of Covid-19 disease, over 131 recovery and 77 deaths.

In Madhya Pradesh there are over 1,540 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection and 76 deaths. The cured case stands at 127.

Rajasthan reported 1,576 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection while 25 deaths reported in the state. The number of recover people counts 457.

In Tamil Nadu over 1,520 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported till now. Here 14 people died and 457 recovered so far.

The Government of India recently imported large quantity of testing kit from China, while several states imported testing kits from South Korea.