With 269 new coronavirus-positive cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of cases in the country has gone up to 7,400. The deaths of nine patients have also been reported, four of them in Maharashtra, three in Kerala, and one each in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The Health Ministry said that the patients who died had other health-related complications. The number of patients recovering from the infection is also high at 11,067.
According to the Health Minister, the highest number of coronavirus positive cases have been reported from Kerala at 2.109, followed by Gujarat at 1437. West Bengal, with over 700 active patients, is at number three. Delhi and Maharashtra are at numbers four and five with 672 and 613 cases, respectively.