Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi worst-hit as India's COVID-19 cases mount to 2.36 lakh

New Delhi: India struggles to contain the spike in coronavirus COVID-19 cases as several states witness a massive jump in the number of infections. Some states have reported doubling of cases while some have registered a spike of nearly 10 times.

Notably, since the Shramik trains were permitted to operate from May 1, states with atleast 1000 cases of the coronavirus saw the numbers almost double. These trains carried migrant labourers from different states to their native states.

Also adding to the total tally of cases was the start of international flights from May 7 which brought stranded Indians from abroad to their home states.

According to the Union Health Ministry data on May 1, there were 35 thousand COVID-19 cases in the country and the death toll was less than 1150. 

While on Saturday, India's total of COVID-19 positive cases crossed 2.36 lakh while the number of fatalities rose to 6,348. Nearly 10,000 new cases and 294 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.

Here's the state wise data of coronavirus cases in India:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	33	0	33
2	Andhra Pradesh	1654	2576	73	4303
3	Arunachal Pradesh	44	1	0	45
4	Assam	1651	498	4	2153
5	Bihar	2342	2225	29	4596
6	Chandigarh	77	222	5	304
7	Chhattisgarh	633	244	2	879
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	13	1	0	14
9	Delhi	15311	10315	708	26334
10	Goa	131	65	0	196
11	Gujarat	4901	13003	1190	19094
12	Haryana	1439	2134	24	3597
13	Himachal Pradesh	199	189	5	393
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2202	1086	36	3324
15	Jharkhand	464	410	7	881
16	Karnataka	3090	1688	57	4835
17	Kerala	973	712	14	1699
18	Ladakh	48	48	1	97
19	Madhya Pradesh	2734	5878	384	8996
20	Maharashtra	42224	35156	2849	80229
21	Manipur	91	41	0	132
22	Meghalaya	19	13	1	33
23	Mizoram	21	1	0	22
24	Nagaland	94	0	0	94
25	Odisha	996	1604	8	2608
26	Puducherry	63	36	0	99
27	Punjab	344	2069	48	2461
28	Rajasthan	2507	7359	218	10084
29	Sikkim	3	0	0	3
30	Tamil Nadu	12700	15762	232	28694
31	Telengana	1550	1627	113	3290
32	Tripura	519	173	0	692
33	Uttarakhand	860	344	11	1215
34	Uttar Pradesh	3828	5648	257	9733
35	West Bengal	4025	2912	366	7303
	Cases being reassigned to states	8192			8192
	Total#	115942	114073	6642	236657

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state registering the highest number of cases with a total of 80,229 infections while the death count is more than 2,800. 

Followed by Tamil Nadu which has a total of 28,694 cases and the death toll is at 232. The number of active cases is 12,700 while the recovered cases are as high as 15,762.

Delhi too as emerged as coronavirus' top hotspot with a total of 26,334 cases, of which 15,311 is active cases, reocovered cases at 10,315 with 708 deaths.

Gujarat's total tally of cases touched 19,094 with 4901 active cases, 13,003 cured cases and 1,190 fatalities.

In Rajasthan, the total number of cases mounted to 10,084, with 2,507 active cases, 7,359 cured cases and 218 deaths.