Coronavirus In India Live Updates: Nation records 6,654 New Cases In 24 Hrs, Death Toll Mounts to 3,720

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India surged past 1.2 lakhs mark with a record high 6,654 cases reported in last 24 hours. The death toll was reported at 3,720 Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu remained the chart-toppers in terms of the worst affected states. Maharashtra remains the worst affected with 2950 new cases which take the state tally to 44,582 infected cases and 1517 deaths followed by Gujarat which has 13,268 cases in the state. Check below for all the latest and LIVE updates on COVID-19 pandemic both from India and around the world

Background

Coronavirus Updates: The Covid-19 pandemic in the nation sees another record rise in the past 24 hours. India recorded 6,654 new cases on Friday which takes the total number of infected cases in the country to 1,25,101. The death toll in India has mounted to 3720. The number of active cases in the country is 69,597 and a total of 51,783 people have been cured of the virus according to the Union Health Ministry.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 5.2 million, while the death toll surged past 338,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 5,210,065, while the death toll increased to 338,142, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US has the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 1,600,782 and 95,972, respectively. In terms of cases, Brazil accounted for the second-highest number of infections at 330,890, followed by Russia (326,448), the UK (255,544), Spain (234,824), Italy (228,658), France (182,015), Germany (179,710), Turkey (154,500), Iran (131,652), India (124,794) and Peru (111,698), the CSSE figures showed.

Meanwhile, the UK came in second after the US with 36,475 COVID-19 deaths, the highest fatalities in Europe. The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are Italy (32,616), Spain (28,628), France (28,218), and Brazil (21,048).

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