In the last 24 hours, India has seen a big rise of 126,315 Covid-19 cases. With this, India has seen its largest-ever daily increase, bringing the total to 12,926,061, according to Worldometer this morning. The number of active cases has surpassed 900,000 and now stands at 910,264. In terms of active cases, India is now the fourth-worst affected country.
Maharashtra reported 59,907 new Covid-19 cases in highest ever single-day spike today. The state also reported the highest single-day death count due to coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic with 322 fatalities. Out of the new cases today, Pune shared the highest with 11,023 cases, followed by Mumbai at 10,428.
Delhi too recorded this year’s biggest single-day rise of 5,506 cases
The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (3,173,261), Kerala (1,144,594), Karnataka (1,033,560), Andhra Pradesh (910,943), and Tamil Nadu (907,124).