With the highest single-day spike of 96,551 coronavirus cases, India’s tally has surged past the 4.5 million mark to a total of 4,562,414 cases. As many as 1,213 died in the last twenty-four hours which is the most in a day so far, taking India’s death toll to 76,304. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 77.7%
Looking at the case count of different states, Maharashtra crossed the 10 lakh mark with its highest singleday jump so far, with 24,886 new Covid-19-positive cases being reported in the past 24 hours, along with 393 deaths. The total number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra is now 10,15,681, including 7,15,023 recovered patients, 2,71,566 active cases and 28,724 deaths.
Looking at the case count of different states, Maharashtra crossed the 10 lakh mark with its highest singleday jump so far, with 24,886 new Covid-19-positive cases being reported in the past 24 hours, along with 393 deaths. The total number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra is now 10,15,681, including 7,15,023 recovered patients, 2,71,566 active cases and 28,724 deaths.
In the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, 76 more people died due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, as UP also reported its highest singleday spike with 7,103 cases, pushing the total numbers to over 2.99 lakh. The state has also reported 4,282 fatalities, while the total number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 2,99,045.
Haryana reported 2,388 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 88,332, while 25 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 932. Currently, there are 18,875 active Covid-19 cases in Haryana, while 68,525 people have been discharged after recovery.
Uttarakhand’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 29,221 with 995 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 388 as 11 more patients succumbed to the disease.
Jammu and Kashmir also reported 1,578 new Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 50,712, while nine more coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours pushed the union territory’s death toll to 854.
Gujarat also registered its highest single-day spike with 1,344 coronavirus cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, which took the case tally in the state to 1,10,971. 16 Covid-19 patients also died, taking the state›s death toll to 3,183. However, 1,240 patients were discharged from the hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 91,470.
Madhya Pradesh too witnessed its highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases at 2,240, pushing the case count in the state to 83,619. With 30 patients dying in past 24 hours, the death toll in the state reached 1,691. However, at least 1,651 patients were also discharged from hospitals during the day, raising the count of recoveries in the state to 62,936.
Among the southern states, Andhra Pradesh recorded 9,999 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately, 77 more Covid-19 patients succumbed in the same period. The state also saw more than 11,000 patients recovering from the infection.
On the other hand, Kerala›s Covid-19 tally touched the one lakh mark. In the last 24 hours, 2,988 fresh cases were reported, which took the state›s tally to 1,02,254. The number of deaths in Kerala also rose to 410 due to the deadly virus.