New Delhi (NVI): The number of coronavirus cases in India reached 12,38,635 after 45,720 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day spike so far, Union Health Ministry said.
The death toll also crossed the 29,000-mark after record 1,129 new fatalities were reported in the country during the last 24 hours.
As many as 7,82,606 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far. With this, the recovery rate is 63.18 per cent and positivity rate is 13.03 per cent.
With 3,37,607 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,86,492 cases and Delhi with 1,26,323 positive cases.
The other worst-hit states includes Uttar Pradesh (55,588), Gujarat (51,399) West Bengal (49,321) and Rajasthan (32,334).
In terms of fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 12,556 confirmed deaths, ministry said.
The death toll in the national capital surged to 3,719 while another 1,07,650 patients have recovered so far, healthy ministry data shows.
According to ICMR, the total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to July 22 is 1,50,75,369 out of which 3,50,823 samples tested yesterday.
Meanwhile, several states have extended lockdowns in an effort to control the increasing spread of coronavirus cases.
In addition, Manipur will be going under complete lockdown for 14 days, starting from 2 pm today.
-RJV
