NEW DELHI: India reported a slight dip in the number of fresh Covid infections and fatalities on Tuesday with 319,435 cases and 2,764 deaths, Worldometer showed this morning. The cumulative caseload stands at 17,625,735 and the death toll from the virus is nearing the 200,000-mark. India now has nearly 2.9 million active cases.

Maharashtra reported 48,700 new coronavirus cases and 524 deaths, while Delhi recorded 20,201 cases and 380 deaths.

The six most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (4,343,727), Kerala (1,405,655), Karnataka (1,339,201), Uttar Pradesh (1,086,625), Tamil Nadu (1,081,988), and Delhi (1,047,916).

Following a request from the Delhi High Court, the Delhi government has ordered Ashoka Hotel, a five-star facility, to set aside 100 rooms for a Covid Health Centre for judges and judicial officers of the court and their families. The facility will be linked to Primus Hospital in Chanakyapuri.

It comes when families of Covid patients across the national capital are scrambling to get beds and access to hospital care. The High Court itself has made several observations critical of the Centre and the Delhi government on this issue while hearing pleas on the Covid crisis.