Corona update: India records its highest ever one day spike with 11,458 cases; tally crosses 3 lakh

INDIA: The deadly coronavirus in India has crossed another bleak milestone with a record of more than 3 lakhs cases on Friday. India on Friday reported its highest single-day jump in coronavirus cases in the past 24-hour. As per union health ministry data, India reported 11,458 new cases of coronavirus. The country has also witnessed the highest spike in new deaths with 389 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Overall, India’s coronavirus cases tally has now surged to 3,08,993, out of which 1,45,779 are active cases and 1,54,329 are the patients who have been recovered from the disease.

Out of 11,458, Maharashtra has recorded over 3493 new cases, continued to add the highest number of COVID-19 cases. Tamil Nadu registered over 1900 cases. For the first time, Delhi reported more than 2,000 fresh cases were reported in a single day.

The death toll in India reached 8,886. The states recorded 389 fatalities in last 24 hours, the highest toll in a single day since outbreak. Delhi recorded 129 fatalities on Friday, higher than that of Maharashtra.

Top States to record new cases and deaths:

Name of State / UT	New Cases	New Deaths
Maharashtra	3493	127
Delhi	2137	129
Tamil Nadu	1982	18
Uttar Pradesh	528	20
Gujarat	495	30

Maharashtra became the first state to record over 1 lakh coronavirus cases.  The total number of coronavirus patients in Maharashtra stood at 1,01,141. With 129 fatalities on Friday, the toll in the state increased to 3,717.

Tamil Nadu’s total number of cases in the state has rose to 40,698. The death toll of the state is comparatively lower than many with 367 deaths.

The condition in Delhi has deteriorated in the last 24 hours as 2137 new cases were reported with 129 new deaths, a huge number for Delhi in one day. Delhi is the third state to record over 35,000 coronavirus cases after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Currently, Delhi’s total number of coronavirus cases is 36,824 with 1214 death toll.

Gujarat added 495 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally to 22,527. The state reported the second highest deaths related to COVID-19 infection in the country. At least 1,415 coronavirus patients succumbed to death in the state.

On Thursday, UP reported 528 new cases, taking the total tally to 12,616. With 20 new fatalities in the state, 365 people have succumbed to the disease till now. 

Currently, there are 8 States/UTs in India which has crossed the grim milestone of 10,000 confirmed cases.

According to the death toll of the states, Maharashtra (3717), Gujarat (1415), Delhi (1214), West Bengal (451) and Madhya Pradesh (440) continue to be the top 5 states reporting maximum deaths. 

Meanwhile, ICMR ramped up the testing capacity for detecting the novel coronavirus in the country. “At least 1,43,737 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of samples tested thus far is 55,07,182,” as per the updated data on ICMR website.

Globally, coronavirus infected over 7,629,227 people. More than 4,90,000 people died due to coronavirus infection worldwide. The highest being reported from US, followed by Brazil and Russia. India stood at fourth in severely affected by coronavirus pandemic.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases	Active Cases	Cured	Deaths
1	Maharashtra	101141	49628	47796	3717
2	Tamil Nadu	40698	18284	22047	367
3	Delhi	36824	22212	13398	1214
4	Gujarat	22527	5619	15493	1415
5	Uttar Pradesh	12616	4642	7609	365
6	Rajasthan	12068	2898	8898	272
7	Madhya Pradesh	10443	2802	7201	440
8	West Bengal	10244	5587	4206	451
9	Karnataka	6516	2997	3440	79
10	Haryana	6334	3789	2475	70
11	Bihar	6103	2480	3587	36
12	Andhra Pradesh	5680	2495	3105	80
13	Jammu and Kashmir	4730	2591	2086	53
14	Telangana	4484	2032	2278	174
16	Odisha	3498	1014	2474	10
15	Assam	3498	1953	1537	8
17	Punjab	2986	641	2282	63
18	Kerala	2322	1303	1000	19
19	Uttarakhand	1724	756	947	21
20	Jharkhand	1617	937	672	8
21	Chhattisgarh	1429	873	550	6
22	Tripura	961	682	278	1
23	Himachal Pradesh	486	183	297	6
24	Goa	463	394	69	0
25	Manipur	385	308	77	0
26	Chandigarh	334	43	286	5
27	Ladakh	239	176	62	1
28	Puducherry	157	88	67	2
29	Nagaland	156	107	49	0
30	Mizoram	104	103	1	0
31	Arunachal Pradesh	67	63	4	0
32	Sikkim	63	61	2	0
33	Meghalaya	44	21	22	1
34	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	38	5	33	0
35	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	30	28	2	0