As India continues to add a record number of new Covid-19 cases each day, the state of Maharashtra surpassed China in total coronavirus cases on Sunday. According to the public health department of the government of Maharashtra, the state had 85,975 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of June 7. The same figures were updated by the Ministry for Health and Family Welfare on Monday morning. In comparison, China had 84,191 confirmed cases as of Sunday, per Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). India had surpassed China in total confirmed cases last month on May 15.
As India continues to add a record number of new Covid-19 cases each day, the state of Maharashtra surpassed China in total coronavirus cases on Sunday. According to the public health department of the government of Maharashtra, the state had 85,975 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of June 7. The same figures were updated by the Ministry for Health and Family Welfare on Monday morning. In comparison, China had 84,191 confirmed cases as of Sunday, per Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). India had surpassed China in total confirmed cases last month on May 15.