Covid-19 update, June 8, 2025: Active issues in India cross 6,000; 3 out of 6 deaths in Kerala, 21 test positive in Delhi | Today news

Covid-19 Update, June 8: India’s active Covid-19-Tally violated the 6,000 mark on June 8, of only 257 cases two weeks ago on May 22. The country has seen a recent, steady uptick in the number of Coronavirus cases amid similar trends in other Asian areas such as Singapore and Hong Kong. Here are the latest Covid-19 updates today in India: The number of active Covid-19 cases in India has risen to 6,133 over the past 24 hours, according to the data from the Covid Dashboard of the Union Ministry of Health. From only 257 active issues on May 22, it crossed the 6,000 point on Sunday. Over the past 24 hours in India, up to 378 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported, health minister data showed Sunday. This is a drop of the 391 cases that the country recorded on Saturday. The number of deaths has increased in the last 24 hours compared to data from Saturday. Six people died this past day due to Covid-related causes, according to the data. Three of them were from Kerala. In Kerala, a 52-year-old man died due to breathing failure amid a positive Covid-19 status. A 92-year-old man also died in the state for the same reasons. The third death was that of a 64-year man, with the cause of Covid-19, bilateral pneumonia and sepsis. Kerala has also continued to report most cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data from the Ministry of Health. The number of active cases was also most in the state at 1,950. The three other deaths were reported from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, with the former two deaths. At 144, Kerala recorded the most cases in the country, followed by Gujarat at 105, Karnataka at 78 and Maharashtra at 77. Kerala had the most cases at 1,950, followed by Gujarat at 822 and Delhi at 686. Haryana said 12 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. According to the Department of State Health, the number of active cases in the state was 100 on Sunday, while this reported a total of 181 cases this year. Maharashtra reported 77 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, which took the state’s score to 1.439 since January 1 this year, an official of the Department of Health said. Of the new cases, 41 of Pune were reported, while 25 of them were from Mumbai. Western Bengals reported 71 new cases of Coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. There was no death due to the disease during this period. A total of 53 repairs are registered in the state, which took the total number of active cases at 693, it reads.