New Delhi: The biggest single-day spike of 49,310 Coroanvirus cases were reported in India, according to Union Health Ministry data released this morning.
The total number of Covid-19 cases now stands at 12,87,945 and recoveries surged to 8,17,208. The death toll mounted to 30,601 with 740 new fatalities reported in a span of 24  hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
There are 4,40,135 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country. Of the 740 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 298 are from Maharashtra, 97 from  Karnataka, 88 are from Tamil Nadu, 61 from Andhra Pradesh, 34 from West Bengal, 28  from Gujarat, 26 each from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, 11 from Rajasthan,10 from Madhya Pradesh and nine each from Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana.
Punjab has reported eight fatalities followed by Assam, Odisha and Haryana with six deaths each, Kerala five, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Puducherry three each,  while Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Goa have registered a fatality each.