7 deaths in Punjab due to Corona, 16047 new cases in the country in past 24 hours

New Delhi: India’s covid-19 tally rose to 4,41,90,697 after 16,047 new cases were reported in a day.

According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, the death toll in the country has increased to 5,26,826 after 54 more people died due to the virus.

In the last 24 hours, seven deaths each were reported from Punjab, Maharashtra and Delhi, five from West Bengal, three each from Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram, two each from Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and one each from Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand and Nagaland.