85 per cent of COVID-19 cases from 10 states: Health Ministry

The ministry said 11 states have over one lakh active COVID-19 cases while eight have active cases between 50,000 and one lakh.

The active cases have reduced to 36,73,802 and comprise 15.07 per cent of the total infections. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

NEW DELHI: Ten states account for 85 per cent of the total novel coronavirus cases in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry said 11 states have over one lakh active COVID-19 cases while eight have active cases between 50,000 and one lakh.

Twenty-four states have a COVID-19 positivity rate of more than 15 per cent, it said.

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 15 May, 2021, 8 AM)

➡️States with 1-60000 confirmed cases
➡️States with 60001-680000 confirmed cases
➡️States with 680000+ confirmed cases
➡️Total no. of confirmed cases so far #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/Hh0YaAWkqz

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) May 15, 2021

India in a day recorded 3,26,098 COVID-19 cases that took the tally to 2,43,72,907, while 3,890 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,66,207, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

11 states have over over 1 lakh active #Covid19 cases, 20 % decline in active cases over the last 5 days, 24 states with over 15 % test positivity rates : @MoHFW_INDIA #COVIDEmergency2021 @NewIndianXpress

— Sumi Dutta (@SumiSukanya) May 15, 2021

The active cases have reduced to 36,73,802 and comprise 15.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.83 per cent, it stated.