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With worst-ever spike of 62,538 fresh infections, India’s COVID tally crosses 2-million mark

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Srinagar: With the worst-ever spike of 62,538 COVID cases in a single day, India’s tally of total coronavirus infections has crossed the 2-million mark (20, 25,409) and the death toll has mounted to 41,627.

According to the Health Ministry of India, Maharashtra has recorded its highest single-day spike of 11,514 cases and its tally now stands at 4,79,779.

The cases in Andhra Pradesh are closer to the 2,00,000 mark, with over 10,000 fresh infections recorded on the second consecutive day.

In south India’s Karnataka state, a spike of 6,805 coronavirus cases and 93 related fatalities, have mounted the infection count in the state to 1.58 lakh.

On Thursday, 5,602 patients from Karnataka were discharged after recovery. Out of the fresh cases reported, 2,544 were from Bangalore alone.

According to the Gujarat Health Department, with 1,034 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the state’s tally crossed the 67,000-mark on Thursday, while 27 more patients succumbed to the infection.

Worldwide there were 2,71,577 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours. As many as 1,92,37,339 people have been diagnosed with the infection so far. While more than 1,23,45,472 have recovered and 7,16,519 have died.

 

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