Coronavirus LIVE: Mumbai's daily cases below 2,000 for second straight day

Coronavirus live updates: India continues to witness decline in the number of daily Covid-19 cases. On Tuesday, the country recorded 329,942 infections, taking its tally to 22,992,517, according to MoHFW. 3,876 people succumbed to the deadly virus and with this, the death toll has neared the 250,000-mark. On a positive note, more than 19 million patients have recovered. India also witnessed net reduction of 30,016 in active cases, which is a first in the second wave.

Maharashtra reported 37,236 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 920 deaths, followed by Karnataka (39,305), Kerala (27,487), Uttar Pradesh (23,333), Tamil Nadu (28,978), West Bengal (19,445), Delhi (12,651) in the past 24 hours.

The six most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,138,973), Karnataka (1,973,683), Kerala (1,900,060), Uttar Pradesh (1,503,490), Tamil Nadu (1,409,237), Delhi (1,323,567), and Andhra Pradesh (1,302,589,).

World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe with 159,593,605 infected by the deadly contagion. While 138,204,984 have recovered, 3,317,342 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 33,515,032, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey. However, in the past seven days, India has added the highest number of fresh cases at 2,742,695, followed by the Brazil (429,880) and US (293,144).