Covid Cases In India: In a major update, active Covid-19 cases in India rose by 391 to 5,755 till 8:00 am on June 7, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

Kerala, which remains the worst-affected state, registered the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours ending 8:00 am on June 7.

Kerala is followed by Gujarat, which has 717 active cases. Gujarat registered a rise of 102 cases. The third most affected state is Delhi, with a rise of 73 active cases. The total number of active cases in Delhi stood at 665.

State-wise active case list

-Andhra Pradesh: 72
-Arunachal Pradesh: 0
-Assam: 8
-Bihar: 44
-Chandigarh: 2
-Chhattisgarh: 41
-Goa: 9
-Haryana: 87
-Himachal Pradesh: 3
-Jammu and Kashmir: 8
-Jharkhand: 7
-Karnataka: 444
-Madhya Pradesh: 32
-Mizoram: 0
-Odisha:29
-Puducherry: 13
-Punjab: 26
-Rajasthan: 108
-Sikkim: 16
-Tamil Nadu: 194
-Telangana: 9
-Tripura: 1
-Uttarakhand: 7
-Uttar Pradesh: 208
-West Bengal: 622

Covid Cases: Fatalities

So far, India has seen 59 fatalities due to covid. In 24 hours ending 8:00 am on June 7, the country reported four deaths from the infection.

Each Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh registered one death. In MP, a 45-year-old female, who was full-term pregnant, died due to Covid infection.

Among others who lost their lives to Covid-19 infection last day were a 63-year-old man and a 59-year-old man from Maharashtra and Kerala, respectively.

In Tamil Nadu, a 79-year-old bedridden man suffering from diabetes, acute respiratory distress, and pneumonia died from COVID-19.

On June 2 and 3, a series of technical review meetings were held under the chairpersonship of Dr Sunita Sharma, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) with representatives of Disaster Management Cell, Emergency Management Response (EMR) Cell, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and Central Government Hospitals in Delhi and with representatives from all states and UTs to evaluate the current COVID-19 situation and preparedness measures.

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