New Delhi: India saw the biggest single day spike in Coronavirus cases for the first time, with 10,956 new infections.
According to Union Health Ministry report, the total infections in the country have now reached 2,97,535. The death toll stands at 8,498 with 396 fatalities in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am.
India went past the United Kingdom in terms of coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country, according to reports.
The number of recoveries are more than the active novel coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day.
The number of active cases stands at 1,41,842, while 1,47,194 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
Maharashtra, the state with the most number of confirmed cases recorded 3,607 new cases of infection between Wednesday night and Thursday evening. With this development, the state’s tally stands at 97,648. The state also witnessed 150 coronavirus-related deaths during the same time and its Covid-19 death toll is now 3,590.
Tamilnadu is second only to Maharashtra with 38,716 confirmed cases followed by Delhi with 34,687 cases and Gujarat with 22,067 cases.