A record 3,980 fresh Covid-19 fatalities were registered in a single day in India taking the death toll to 2,30,168, while 4,12,262 new coronavirus infections were recorded, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A bed-blocking scam jolted the Karnataka government, as a shortage of medical supplies and oxygen continued to hurt the country.
The top scientific advisor to the Centre said a third wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is “inevitable” given the high level of circulation of the Sars-Cov-2 virus.
Coronavirus in India:
Total number of positive cases (including deaths): 2,10,77,410 as of May 6, 2021
States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 2,30,168 as of May 6, 2021
States | Total Cases | Deaths |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6,223 | 71 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 19,412 | 59 |
Assam | 272,751 | 1,485 |
Bihar | 538,677 | 2,987 |
Chandigarh | 46,793 | 532 |
Chhattisgarh | 802,643 | 9,738 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 8,325 | 4 |
Goa | 104,398 | 1,443 |
Gujarat | 633,427 | 7,912 |
Haryana | 558,975 | 4,960 |
Himachal Pradesh | 114,787 | 1,692 |
Jharkhand | 263,115 | 3,346 |
Karnataka | 1,741,046 | 16,884 |
Kerala | 1,743,932 | 5,565 |
Lakshadweep | 3,376 | 7 |
Madhya Pradesh | 624,985 | 6,074 |
Maharashtra | 4,880,542 | 72,662 |
Manipur | 33,353 | 434 |
Meghalaya | 18,283 | 191 |
Mizoram | 6,964 | 17 |
Nagaland | 15,004 | 118 |
Delhi | 1,253,902 | 18,063 |
Puducherry | 65,117 | 883 |
Punjab | 407,509 | 9,825 |
Rajasthan | 685,036 | 5,021 |
Sikkim | 8,919 | 155 |
Tamil Nadu | 1,272,602 | 14,779 |
Telangana | 475,748 | 2,579 |
Tripura | 36,534 | 403 |
Uttar Pradesh | 1,399,294 | 14,151 |
Uttarakhand | 211,834 | 3,142 |
West Bengal | 916,635 | 11,847 |
Odisha | 489,641 | 2,104 |
Andhra Pradesh | 1,206,232 | 8,374 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 196,585 | 2,510 |
Ladakh | 14,811 | 151 |
No. of people discharged: 1,69,51,731
Total Vaccination: 16,25,13,339
Note: The tallies above include foreigners who have been infected with Covid-19.