Yet another highest single-day spike of 28,701 Covid-19 cases in India

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On Sunday, India registered 28,637 cases and 551 deaths due to coronavirus as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare figures.

India in the past few days has been witnessing a daily highest-spike in covid-19 cases. The tally reached almost 29,000 with the total number of infections inching towards the 850,000-mark yesterday.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India registered yet another single-day spike of 28,701 Covid-19 cases and 500 deaths. The total number of cases have crossed 8.78 lakh and the death toll stands at 23,174.

With an addition of 7,827 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally has risen to 2,54,427, state health department bulletin stated on Sunday. 173 coronavirus fatalities have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,289.

The number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered from the infection in Maharashtra stands at 1,40,325 after 3,340 patients were discharged across the state in the last 24 hours.

Mumbai remains the worst-affected city in Maharashtra with coronavirus cases in jumping to 92,988. The financial capital has reported 1,243 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 44 fatalities taking the city’s total death toll to 5,288.

The state administration has conducted 13,17,895 tests for coronavirus across the state till date. The tally of active cases in the state now stands at 1,03,813.

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