New Delhi: India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 10 lakh mark today and it also saw the biggest one-day jump and fatalities.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country recorded 34,956 fresh infections, taking the total tally to 10,03,832.
The death toll has increased to 25,602 with the highest number of 687 fatalities recorded in a day.
A total of 22,942 people have recuperated in the past 24 hours, the highest number of recoveries in a day, taking the total number of recovered cases to 6,35,756, while there are 3,42,473 active COVID-19 cases presently.
This is the sixth consecutive day when more than 28,000 cases were recorded.
Of the 687 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 266 are from Maharashtra, 104 from Karnataka, 69 from Tamilnadu, 58 from Delhi, 40 from Andhra Pradesh, 34 from Uttar Pradesh, 23 from West Bengal, 17 from Bihar, 16 from Jammu and Kashmir, 10 each from Telangana and Gujarat and nine from Punjab.
Rajasthan has reported eight fatalities followed by Madhya Pradesh with seven deaths, Jharkhand four, Haryana three, Assam, Kerala and Odisha two each while Chhattisgarh, Goa and Puducherry have registered a fatality each.