India Records Highest Single Day Surge Of 22k Covid Cases; Total Cases Near 6.5 Lakh Mark

According to ICMR, a total of 95,40,132 samples have been tested up to 3rd July.

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New Delhi:  The coronavirus cases in India has hit a new record as more than 22,000 new cases were registered in a single day. India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new cases according to the data provided by the Union Health Ministry. With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226 and one patient has migrated. There are 2,35,433 active cases of coronavirus presently in the country at present. The centre said that the recovery rate has further improved to 60.80 percent.

Worst Hit States

Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-hit state with over 1,92,990 infections. The death count due to the pandemic rose to 8,376 after 198 new deaths reported on Friday, a health department statement said.

The COVID-19 count in Tamil Nadu, the second-worst coronavirus hit the state in the country, crossed the one lakh-mark yesterday after 4,329 people in the southern state tested positive for the highly infectious virus in a day. With an addition of 64, the state's death count stood at 1,385, government data said.

 The cases in the national capital have reduced as compared to last week and the total COVID tally has crossed over 94000. Delhi reported 2,923 COVID-19-related deaths so far.

 

Gujarat recorded its highest single-day spike of 687 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state's overall tally beyond the 34,000-mark. This is for the seventh consecutive day that the state has reported 600-plus fresh COVID-19 cases.

Global Status

India has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has touched 11 million, according to the latest data by the Johns Hopkins University on Saturday. More than 523,613 people have died globally due to the infection, according to the data compiled by the university.