The novel coronavirus positive cases in India have increased to 16,116 and death toll reached 519 mark.

The Ministry of health and family welfare revealed this on Sunday evening.

Of these 13,295 are active cases of Covid-19, 2,301 individuals have recovered and discharged from the hospital, one person migrated to another country and 519 people succumbed to the disease, the ministry said.

Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total number of positive cases rising to 3,651, followed by Delhi which reported 1,893 cases and Gujarat which has reported 1,604 cases, according to the health ministry data.

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