New Delhi: India crossed two records in Covid- 19 cases by crossing One million Covid- 19 cases and 25K deaths from the virus on Thursday amid a massive surge in the pandemic in recent days. The country added morethan 36K new cases and 684 deaths during the day both by far the highest in a single day.

India is the third country after US and Brazil to log One million Covid- 19 cases and the eight to register over 25K deaths. India’s case load has risen from 8 lakh to 10 lakh (One Million) in six days, as compared with nine while moving from 6 lakh to 8 lakh and 11 for the previous two lakh cases. Likewise the death toll has risen from 20K to 25K in just ten days. India recorded Covid- 19 fresh cases 36, 139 on Thursday, over 3, 600 morethan the previous peak of 32, 498 reported a day earlier, as per data from states.

With this, India’s Covid- 19 case load rose to 10, 04, 806, active cases rose by 12K while 23K patients were declared cured during the day. Tuesday also saw the highest single day rise in the Covid- 19 death toll, with 684 fatalities reported from across the country. The previous highest toll of 616 was recorded on Wednesday. While Maharashtra as usual led the count with 266 deaths, its second highest 24 hour toll so far, Karnataka saw a huge spike in fatalities, adding 104 to its toll. It became the third state after Maharashtra and Delhi, to register 100 deaths in a single day.

The day’s toll was also high in Tamil Nadu (69), Delhi (58), Andhra Pradesh (40), Uttar Pradesh (34), Bengal (23) and J &K (16). It what would be under record, atleast 11 states reported their highest single day surge in cases led by Maharashtra, which recorded a massive 8, 641 new cases. The others were Tamil Nadu (4, 549), Karnataka (4, 169), Andhra Pradesh (2, 593), Uttar Pradesh (2, 083), West Bengal (1, 690), Bihar (1, 690), Kerala (722), J &k (490), Jharkhand (381 since Wednesday night) and Chattisgarh (218).