COVID-19 cases in India cross 1 lakh mark

New Delhi – The Union Health Ministry has informed on 19th May that there are 1,01,139 COVID-19 cases in India. 4,970 new COVID-19 cases and 135 fatalities were reported across the country during the last 24 hours. The number of people recovered from the infection till date is 36,824 with a recovery rate at 38.29%. It is seen that in the last few days the spread of COVID-19 infection has reached the villages from cities due to relocation.

States like New Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are amongst the highest to report infections. Nearly 50% of the total infected are from New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. Total combined COVID-19 cases from these cities are almost 50,000.