New Delhi, July 4 (TIWN) India on Monday witnessed a marginal rise in Covid cases with 16,135 infections recorded in the past 24 hours against previous day's 16,103 count, as per the Union Health Ministry data.

Meanwhile, 24 deaths were reported during this period, increasing the overall death count to 5,25,223.

The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Kerala with 3,642 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 2,962 cases, Tamil Nadu with 2,672 cases, West Bengal with 1,822 cases and Karnataka with 826 cases.