Covid-19 Claims 9 Lives In India, Logs 3,038 New Cases

New Delhi: India logged 3,038 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 21,179, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 5, 30,901 with nine deaths. While two deaths each were reported from Delhi and Punjab, one each was reported by Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand in a span of 24 hours and two were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru also reported more than 100 fresh Covid cases. Karnataka reported 284 new cases against 132 discharges in the last 24 hours till Monday evening taking the tally of active cases in the state to 1,410.