New Delhi (NVI): India today registered the biggest single-day spike of 40,425 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 11,18,043, according to Union Health Ministry data.
This is the first time that COVID-19 cases crossed the 40,000-mark in a single day.
Meanwhile, the death toll has climbed to 27,497 with 681 new fatalities being recorded since yesterday.
Total positive cases in States/UTs:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 203
Andhra Pradesh- 49,650
Arunachal Pradesh- 740
Assam- 23,999
Bihar- 26,569
Chandigarh- 717
Chhattisgarh- 5,407
Dadar Nagar Haveli & Diu – 297
Delhi- 1,22,793
Gujarat- 48,355
Goa- 3,657
Haryana– 26,164
Himachal Pradesh- 1,483
Jammu and Kashmir- 13,899
Jharkhand- 5,535
Karnataka- 63,772
Kerala- 12,480
Ladakh- 1,178
Madhya Pradesh- 22,600
Maharashtra- 3,10,455
Manipur- 1,911
Meghalaya- 450
Mizoram- 284
Nagaland- 988
Odisha- 17,437
Puducherry- 1,999
Punjab- 10,100
Rajasthan- 29,434
Sikkim- 283
Tamil Nadu- 1,70,693
Telangana- 45,076
Tripura- 2,878
Uttarakhand- 4,515
Uttar Pradesh- 49,247
West Bengal – 42,487
State/UT wise total death toll:
Andhra Pradesh- 642
Arunachal Pradesh- 3
Assam- 57
Bihar- 217
Chandigarh- 12
Chhattisgarh- 24
Delhi- 3,628
Goa- 22
Gujarat- 2,142
Haryana- 349
Himachal Pradesh- 11
Jammu and Kashmir- 244
Jharkhand- 49
Karnataka- 1,331
Kerala- 42
Ladakh- 2
Madhya Pradesh- 721
Maharashtra- 11,854
Meghalaya- 2
Odisha- 91
Puducherry- 28
Punjab- 254
Rajasthan- 559
Tamil Nadu- 2,481
Telangana- 415
Tripura- 5
Uttar Pradesh- 1,146
Uttarakhand- 52
West Bengal- 1,112
A total of 7,00,087 people have been cured or discharged. Total active cases stand at 3,90,459.
-CHK
