Coronavirus live updates: With 20,333 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,217,777. The country's death toll has mounted to 148,051. With 1,922,048 cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 915,345, Andhra Pradesh 881,000, Tamil Nadu 814,000, and Kerala 735,611. The Covid-19 active caseload in the country has dipped to 278,000. However, the pandemic continues to take a toll on activities.
The Centre on Monday maintained the Covid-19 restrictions on various activities, noting that while there has been a continuous decline in active cases in India, there is a need for surveillance, containment and caution due to a surge globally and the emergence of a new variant of the virus in the UK.
World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 81,266,024. While 57,414,541 have recovered, 1,774,344 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 19,567,784 cases, and 341,138 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 10,208,725 cases, Brazil (7,484,285), Russia (3,050,248), France (2,559,686).
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