6 states account for over 85% of fresh Covid-19 cases in India: Health ministry

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a high number of fresh Covid-19 cases and together account for 85.91 per cent of the new cases of the coronavirus infection reported in the country in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. A total of 22,854 new Covid-19 cases were registered in the country in the said period.