India’s records highest single-day COVID-19 spike with over 18,000 cases; death toll rises to 15,685

India’s records highest single-day COVID-19 spike with over 18,000 cases; death toll rises to 15,685

New Delhi: Six days after it recorded four lakh infections, India’s COVID-19 tally raced past five lakh on Saturday with the highest single-day surge of 18,552 cases, while the death toll climbed to 15,685, according to Union health ministry data The COVID-19 caseload zoomed to 5,08,953, while?384 fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, the updated figure at 8 am showed It took 110 days for coronavirus infection in the country to reach one lakh while just 39 days more to go past the five lakh-mark on June 27.
This was the fourth consecutive day when coronavirus infection increased by more than 15,000?fourth day while there has been a surge of 3,18,418 infections from June 1 till 27.?
The number of active cases stands at?1,97, 387?while 2,95,880 people have recovered and one patient has migrated
“Thus, around 58.13 per cent patients have recovered so far,” an official said The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.?? According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), cumulative total of 79,96,707 samples have been tested up to June 26 with 2,20,479 samples being tested on Friday, the highest in a day since the beginning of the pandemic Of the 384 new deaths reported till Saturday morning,?175 were in Maharashtra, 63 in Delhi, 46 in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Gujarat, 13 in Haryana,?12 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 each in West Bengal and Karnataka, seven in Telangana, four in Madhya Pradesh, two in Punjab, one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand Of the total 15,685 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra tops the tally with 7,106 deaths, followed by Delhi with 2,492 deaths, Gujarat with 1,771, Tamil Nadu with 957, Uttar Pradesh with 630, West Bengal with 616, Madhya Pradesh with 546, Rajasthan with 380 and Telangana with 237 deaths.
—PTI

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