As of 8 AM on Monday, the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 infection in the state is nearing the 86,000-mark, which is well above the official COVID-19 tally of China, where the virus is believed to have originated. As many as 3,007 new COVID-19 cases were reported from the state in the past 24 hours. According to the varsity's statistics, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in China is 84,191 (as provided by the country's official state media, Xinhua). At 8 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in Mumbai showed 48,774 cases and 1,638 deaths. Notably, the coronavirus cases in India continue to spread rapidly as the country has marked significant and consecutive highest jumps in the COVID-19 tally over a major part of the past two weeks.

Source: dna June 08, 2020 02:37 UTC