Maharashtra reported 2,739 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,458 new cases, West Bengal with 435 new cases and Rajasthan with 253 new cases.
India on Saturday surpassed Spain to become the fifth most-affected country in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak with the nationwide tally of confirmed cases of infection breaching the 2.4 lakh mark.
As per the morning bulletin of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there were 2,36,657 Covid-19 cases in India as of 8 AM on Saturday. Meanwhile, as per the World Health Organisation's Covid-19 dashboard, Spain has a total of 2,40,978 cases so far.
If new cases reported from various states across India on Saturday are taken into account, the nation's Covid-19 tally exceeds that of Spain.
On June 6, Maharashtra reported 2,739 new cases, Tamil Nadu 1,458 new cases, West Bengal 435 new cases and Rajasthan 253 new cases as per the daily Covid-19 bulletins put out by the health departments of the respective states.
Taken together, these four states reported at 4,903 new cases of infection on Saturday, taking India's total to 2,41,542, which is higher than Spain's figures put out by the WHO.
The number of cases reported in India on June 6 will be higher than the mentioned figure because numbers for several other states are yet to be released.
The central governments will account for these cases in its morning bulletin on Sunday, June 7.
WHO's figures for Spain also match figures put out by John Hopkins University's dashboard on the novel coronavirus. However, Worldometer, a private website that is independently tracking Covid-19 cases has Spain's figures as 288,050.
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