Corona India: Over 6600 new cases, highest one day spike recorded nationwide; tally rises to 1.25 lakhs

According to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 6654 new cases have been reported and 137 people have died in the last 24 hours. This is the highest spike recorded in a single day. From the past few days, the average daily count has reached to 5000 cases.

Subsequently, the number of corona infections has increased to 1,25,101 nationwide, of which 69,597 are active cases, 51,783 have been cured and 3,720 have died.

Of the 137 people who died, 63 were in Maharashtra, 29 in Gujarat, 14 each registered from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, six in West Bengal, four in Tamil Nadu, two each from Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and one patient died in Haryana. This information was given in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Health.

As the lockdown 4.0 witnessed various ease on restrictions, it has affected in the increasing number of coronavirus cases across the country.

5 worst hit State/UT are:

1	Maharashtra	44582
2	Tamil Nadu	14753
3	Gujarat	13268
4	Delhi	12319
5	Rajasthan	6494

Maharashtra is the most affected state in the country with 35% coronavirus cases. The state confirmed nearly 3,000 fresh cases in last 24 hours, the highest single-day coronavirus infections in any state so far. With over 44,000 cases, Maharashtra has emerged as the worst-affected state and capital Mumbai has over 27,000 cases alone. Cities like Pune and Nashik are the other hotspots in Maharashtra. With 63 deaths in 24 hours, the number of deaths in the state rose to 1517, highest in India.

Tamil Nadu is the second worst-impacted state where 786 people have been found infected. With this, the total number of cases now reaches to 14,753 in the state. Whereas Gujarat with 13,268 cases stands at number three, however, if the deaths in Tamil Nadu and other states are compared, the situation in Tamil Nadu is much better.

Delhi also registered the huge spike in Covid-19 daily count as many as 660 people tested positive for novel coronavirus on Friday. The national capital recorded 12,319 Confirmed cases.

State/UT Coronavirus highlights:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	New cases	Deaths
1	Maharashtra	44582	2940	1517
2	Tamil Nadu	14753	786	98
3	Gujarat	13268	363	802
4	Delhi	12319	660	208
5	Rajasthan	6494	267	153
6	Madhya Pradesh	6170	189	272
7	Uttar Pradesh	5735	220	152
8	West Bengal	3332	135	265
9	Andhra Pradesh	2709	62	55
10	Bihar	2177	195	11
11	Punjab	2029	1	39
12	Telengana	1761	62	45
13	Karnataka	1743	138	41
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1489	40	20
15	Odisha	1189	86	7
16	Haryana	1067	36	16
17	Kerala	732	42	4
18	Jharkhand	308	18	3
19	Assam	259	56	4
20	Chandigarh	218	1	3
21	Tripura	175	2	0
22	Chhattisgarh	172	44	0
23	Himachal Pradesh	168	16	3
24	Uttarakhand	153	7	1
25	Goa	54	2	0
26	Ladakh	44	0	0
27	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	0	0
28	Manipur	26	1	0
29	Puducherry	26	6	0
30	Meghalaya	14	0	1
31	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
32	Dadar Nagar Haveli	1	0	0
33	Mizoram	1	0	0

On Friday, According to CG state health department, 40 new cases of corona have been reported in the state. The total number of active cases in the state has increased to 110.Total number of cases are 172.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the total number of samples tested across the country so far is 28, 34,798. The number of samples tested in the last 24 hours is 1, 15,364.