New Delhi: In what said to be a huge spike, India recorded 18,552 new coronavirus cases, taking the total cases to 5,08,953.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country’s covid- 19 death toll rose to 15,685 with 384 new fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours.
India currently has 1,97,387 active cases of Covid-19. So far, 2,95,880 have recovered or been discharged.
Of the 384 new deaths reported till Saturday morning, 175 were in Maharashtra, 63 in Delhi, 46 in Tamilnadu, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Gujarat, 13 in Haryana, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 each in West Bengal and Karnataka, seven in Telangana, four in Madhya Pradesh, two in Punjab, one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.