India’s coronavirus count had risen to 28,36,926 with 69,652 new cases in the last 24 hours. The fresh cases marked the biggest one-day jump in the country so far, data from the Union Health Ministry showed.
Over 20.96 lakh people have recovered from COVID-19, taking the recovery rate to 73.90 per cent. The number of deaths climbed to 53,866 with 977 people dying of the disease in a span of 24 hours. India has reported the highest number of deaths for second straight day.
Maharashtra accounts for the maximum of cases (6,28,642), followed by Tamil Nadu (3,55,449), Andhra Pradesh (3,16,003), Karnataka (2,49,590), Uttar Pradesh (1,67,510) and Delhi (1,56,139).
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the five states which reported the highest number of Covid cases in the last 24 hours.
(Source : ndtv.com))
