India has recorded 3,86,452 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the biggest single-day spike the country saw since the pandemic began. The overall caseload in India has mounted to 1,87,62,976, and the nationwide toll to 2,08,330.
ndia has recorded 3,86,452 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the biggest single-day spike the country reported since the pandemic began. With fresh infections, the overall caseload in India has mounted to 1,87,62,976, according to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare early Friday.
India has been seeing over 3 lakh new cases every day for over a week now after the country first topped the 3-lakh mark on April 22 when 314,835 cases tested positive.
Top five states which registered maximum cases are Maharashtra with 66,159 cases, followed by Kerala with 38,607 cases, Uttar Pradesh with 35,104 cases, Karnataka with 35,024 cases and Delhi with 24,235 cases.
As of Friday, India has a total of 31,70,228 active Covid-19 cases, while 1,53,84,418 people have recovered from the infection so far.
Meanwhile, 3,498 more people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide toll to 2,08,330.
Maharashtra, which is among the top five states worst hit by the pandemic, has so far reported 45,39,553 coronavirus cases and 67,985 fatalities. In wake of the rising number of cases, the state is under lockdown-like restrictions till May 15. Meanwhile, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has warned that Maharashtra may witness a third wave of the infection in July-August.
