The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 29,974 on Tuesday evening, with 1,594 cases and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
Of the total cases, 22,010 are the active cases, 7,026 people have recovered, and 937 people have succumbed to the disease.
Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total number of cases rising to 8,590, followed by Gujarat which reported 3,548 cases and Delhi which has reported 3,108 cases, according to the Health Ministry data.