Covid-19: Five states account for 56% of India’s new case burden

Five states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, UP and Tamil Nadu — are leading the Covid-19 burden in the country accounting for 56% of the fresh 69,921 confirmed cases and 65.4% of 819 new deaths recorded on Monday. Together these states have 62.2% of total 7,85,996 active cases, even as they also account for 58% of the total recoveries recorded in last 24 hours, health ministry data shows.