Kerala follows with 15 daily deaths and Punjab has reported seven deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry noted in its release. Twenty States/UTs, including Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Assam and Manipur have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. “Six States, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, have shown a surge in new COVID cases in the last 24 hours. Arunachal Pradesh has reported no active cases in the last 24 hours and 15 States/UTs have registered more than 1,000 active cases. More than 1.07 crore (1,07,86,457) people has recovered so far and 11,288 patients have recovered and been discharged in the last 24 hours.

Source: The Hindu March 01, 2021 12:18 UTC