India Reports 4,187 Covid Deaths, Highest-Ever In A Single Day; 4.01 Lakh New Cases

A day after reporting the world's highest daily surge, India reported its highest ever 4,187 Covid related deaths in a single day.

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New Delhi: India witnessed over 4000 deaths in a single day registering another grim milestone of recording the highest ever Covid related fatalities in a single day.

India reported 4,01,078 new COVID 19 cases, 3,18,609 discharges, and 4,187 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.

Total cases: 2,18,92,676

Total discharges: 1,79,30,960

Death toll: 2,38,270

Active cases: 37,23,446

Total vaccination: 16,73,46,544

Amid India’s deadly second wave, twenty-four states have reported a test positivity rate of more than 15 per cent for Covid-19 over the last week, the government said. At least 30 districts had showed “a steep upward trend” in cases over the last two weeks. The data were a “matter of great concern”, the Health Ministry said.

The Union Health Ministry Friday said states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand have shown plateauing of daily Covid cases gradually. The ministry also said that 12 states have over one lakh active Covid-19 cases while seven states have 50,000 to one lakh active cases.

India had been recording less than 20,000 cases in a day till early March after a dip in daily infections in January. In April, however, nearly 66 lakh cases were reported with the healthcare system buckling under the second wave.