NEW DELHI, June 16: India today registered over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row pushing the number of infections to 3,43,091 while the death toll rose to 9,900 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country is in the eighth position in the global COVID-19 death tally which totalled 437,283.
According to a PTI tally at 9.30 pm based on reports from states, there were 10,057 deaths with Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi accounting for 70 per cent of the fatalities.
Of the total 9,900 COVID-19 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 4,128 fatalities followed by Gujarat (1,505), Delhi (1,400), West Bengal (485), Tamil Nadu (479), Madhya Pradesh (465), Uttar Pradesh (399), Rajasthan (301) and Telangana(187).
The death toll reached 100 in Haryana, 89 in Karnataka, 88 in Andhra Pradesh and 71 in Punjab.
Jharkhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh have registered 8 deaths each while Chandigarh has reported 6 and Puducherry 5. Meghalaya and Tripura reported 1 fatality each, according to the Health Ministry. (PTI)
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