Karnataka reported the maximum number of fresh cases Wednesday. With 31 confirmed cases, the total number of positive cases in the state has gone up to 494.

It was followed by Tamil Nadu, where 22 people were detected with the flu.

Delhi also continues to report fresh cases. On Wednesday, 10 people tested positive, taking the total number of people affected with the virus to 675 - the second highest in the country.

For the first time since the outbreak, Maharashtra recorded a substantially lower number of cases as eight people tested positive, taking the total number of people affected in the state to 1,695 - the highest in the country.

The other states that reported fresh cases were Gujarat (9), Kerala (6), West Bengal (5), Uttarakhand (3), Haryana (2) and Uttar Pradesh (1).