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COVID cases spike in India, inches towards 4,000 mark

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COVID cases spike in India, inches towards 4,000 mark

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, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 (10:20 IST)
Chennai: The incidence of COVID cases in India inched towards the 4,000 mark with 203 fresh cases reported and four deaths recorded, including one in Tamil Nadu, during the last 24 hrs.

In an update on its COVID dashboard, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday said the number of cases surged to 3,961 with 203 fresh active cases reported.

The four deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, which is witnessing higher number of cases, and Delhi.

With the death of one more person tested positive, the number of deaths in Tamil Nadu rose to two, after one person, who too tested positive during treatment, which was termed accidental, succumbed a few days back due to co-morbidities.

It said in Tamil Nadu 25 year-old male with bronchial asthma and severe acute tubular injury and incidental Covid positive died in Salem district.

Details of the person died in Kerala was awaited, while in Maharashtra a 44-year-old male died due to severe ARDS with dilated aortic regurgitation with Covid-19 positive.

In Delhi a 22-year-old female with old treated pulmonary Koch's/ post tuberculosis lung disease/ Bilateral lower respiratory tract infection died after testing positive.

In Madhya Pradesh which has a total 23 cases (four reported in last 24 hrs) two cases were cross notified from Gujarat state.

Of the total 3,961 cases in India, Kerala topped the list with 1,435 cases, followed by Maharashtra 506, Delhi 483, Gujarat 338, West Bengal 331, Karnataka 253, Tamil Nadu 189 (10 fresh cases in 24 hrs), Uttar Padesh 157.

The Union Ministry appealed to the people not to get panic and advised them to follow COVID SOPs like wearing masks while moving in crowded places and maintain social distancing as a precautionary measure, though no official order was issued making it mandatory.

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