New Delhi (NVI): India witnessed a record single-day spike of 96,551 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 45,62,415, Union Health Ministry said.
The country’s death toll has reached 76,271 with 1,209 fatalities reported during this period. However, this was the second day in a row that a record spike was recorded in both cases and deaths.
Notably, the number of active cases stand at 9,43,480, while the number of patients discharged from the hospital has reached 35,42,664.
In worst-hit Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases climbed to 9,90,795, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 5,37,687 cases, and Tamil Nadu with 4,86,052 cases.
The other worst affected states are Karnataka (4,30,947), Uttar Pradesh (2,92,092) and Delhi (2,05,482).
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of death toll at 28,282 followed by 8,154 deaths in Tamil Nadu.
The death toll in the national capital surpassed to 4,666, while 1,75,400 patients have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 5,40,97,975 samples tested up to September 10. Of these, 11,63,542 samples were tested yesterday.
Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja warns that there is a possibility of more deaths due to COVID-19 in the state due to shortage of ventilators.
-RJV
