Covid-19 Cases In India Near 8 Lakh Grim Milestone With Record Spike Of Over 26K Fresh Cases In Last 24 Hours

Maharashtra continued to bag the unwanted pole position of the worst affected state with cases surging to 2,30,599 and 9,667 casualties so far, of which 417 occurred in the last 24 hours. Tamil Nadu retained the second spot with a total of 1,26,581 cases, including 1,765 deaths.

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The coronavirus cases in India continued to rise at an alarming pace as the nation recorded the highest single-day spike of 26,502 new Covid-19 cases and 475 deaths in the last 24 hours, catapulting the total Covid tally close to eight lakh with 21,604 deaths, Health Ministrys's data revealed on Friday. According to the data, 4,95,513 out of total 7,93,802 patients have recovered while 2,76,685 remain active in the country. With the nation showing a health sign of recovery, the gap between the number of recovered cases and active cases has increased by two lakh. Amid the virus spreading like wild fire across the nation, the rate of recovery among the Covid-19 patients continues to increase and has touched 62.42 per cent. India remains the third worst-affected country from the pandemic after the United States and Brazil. Maharashtra continued to bag the unwanted pole position of the worst affected state with cases surging to 2,30,599 and 9,667 casualties so far, of which 417 occurred in the last 24 hours. Tamil Nadu retained the second spot with a total of 1,26,581 cases, including 1,765 deaths. The national capital region continued to reel under the Covid19 attack with fresh 2,187 coronavirus cases and 45 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 1,07,051 cases and 3,258 deaths. States with more than 10,000 cases include Gujarat with 39,194 cases and 2,008 deaths, Uttar Pradesh (32,362), Rajasthan (22,563), Madhya Pradesh (16,341), West Bengal (25,911), Haryana (19,369), Karnataka (31,105), Andhra Pradesh (23,814), Telangana (30,946), Assam (14,032) and Bihar (13,944) cases. On the global front, the overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surged to over 12.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 5,54,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.