New Delhi (NVI): India witnessed it’s biggest single-day surge of 83,883 fresh cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 38,53,407, Union Health Ministry said.
The country’s death toll has gone up to 67,376 with 1,043 new fatalities being reported during the same period.
So far, 29,70,493 patients have been cured and recovered all over the country while active cases stands at 8,15,538. India’s recovery rate has risen to 77 per cent.
In worst-hit Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases climbed to 8,25,739, followed by Tamil Nadu with 4,39,959 cases, and Andhra Pradesh with 4,55,531 cases.
The other worst affected states are Karnataka (3,61,431), Uttar Pradesh (2,41,439), Delhi (1,79,569) and West Bengal (1,68,697).
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of fatalities at 25,195 followed by 7,516 deaths in Tamil Nadu.
The death toll in the national capital surpassed to 4,481, while 1,58,586 patients in Delhi have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 4,55,09,380 samples tested up to September 2. Of these, 11,72,179 samples were tested yesterday.
In addition to this, the Government said India has tested over 11 lakh samples for the first time. Over 11,70,000 tests were performed in the last 24 hours. This is high levels of testing sustained over a period of time in widespread areas enable to diagnose cases early and facilitate seamless isolation & hospitalisation.
-RJV
