India Adds Over 20K Covid-19 Cases in a Day

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New Delhi: The Covid-19 infection cases speedily spreading in India, more than 20,000 new cases were reported from across the country on Saturday. Fresh cases surged to 20060 on Saturday, just a day after breaching the 18000 mark for the first time.

Maharashtra reported the highest jump recording as many as 6368 new cases with Mumbai’s record crossing 2000 for the first time. Atleast nine other states and UT’s witnessed their highest single day spurting infections. The Covid-19 cases surged states are i.e., Tamil Nadu (3713), Telangana (1087), Karnataka (918), AP (796), Gujarat (615), Bihar (301), Kerala (195), Goa (89) and Puducherry (87).

The Covid-19 cases continued to be high in Delhi, which reported 2948 cases, UP (607), Haryana (543) and West Bengal (521) among others. As many as 414 deaths from the Covid-19 were reported during the day taking the overall toll past 16095. The total Covid-19 cases in India stood at 529533, while active cases crossed the Two Lakh marked while the number of patients who have recovered rose to nearly 3.09 lakh, as per the data collected from state governments.

Telangana become the fourth state in the country after Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi to register over 1,000 cases in a single day, when as many as 1087 people tested positive for the virus in the state. The total count of cases now stands at 13436. In the last 24 hours, six more patients succumbed to the Covid-19 taking the death toll to 243. Karnataka also reported 918 cases in 24 hours.

Tamil Nadu recorded 3713 fresh cases in a day, 1939 only in Chennai. The total Covid-19 cases in the state reached to 78335.

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