Covid-19 cases again rise in India: 5,750 active cases, 4 death reported

Covid-19 cases: According to the data from the daily COVID-19 bulletin of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW), the total number of active cases in the country as of 8 am on June 8 is 5,755 (since January 2025).

Since yesterday, 391 new cases have been reported across India, with Kerala recording the highest number of infections, with 127 new COVID-19 cases reported, according to data. Following are Gujarat (102 new cases), Delhi (73), Maharashtra (29), Tamil Nadu (27), West Bengal (26), Chhattisgarh (17), and Andhra Pradesh (10).

Furthermore, the total number of patients discharged since January 2025 is 5,484, with 760 patients discharged till June 8. The data showed that only four states – Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh (Union Territory), Mizoram and Tripura – did not report any new cases in the last 24 hours.

And, the death toll this year has reached 59 so far, with four new Covid-19 deaths reported in India till 8 am on June 8, the ministry said. One death was reported in Madhya Pradesh, where a 45-year-old woman who was nine months pregnant died of a seizure. Then the COVID-19 RTPCR test came back positive. In Maharashtra, a 63-year-old man suffering from hyperthyroidism died.

In Kerala, a 59-year-old man suffering from stage 4 advanced lung carcinoma died of COVID-19. In Tamil Nadu, a 79-year-old diabetic man who had been bedridden for the past one month died of COVID-19-induced pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Overall, since January 2025, Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of deaths – 18, followed by Kerala (12), Delhi and Karnataka (7 each), Tamil Nadu (5), Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat (2 each); and Rajasthan and West Bengal (1 each).

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