Maharashtra, Kerala report highest Covid cases

February 16, 2021 17:59

Maharashtra and Kerala continued to report the highest number of COVID-19 cases and have the maximum number of active cases, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union health ministry said: "Similarly like last week, the main causes of worry are again from two states because Kerala has 61,550 cases while 27,383 cases are in Maharashtra."

However, Bhushan informed that Kerala has reported 2,084 new cases in the last 24 hours, which is a significant decline as compared to what it had reported in previous days.

"In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra has 3,365 new cases, which is higher than Kerala," he added.

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