NEW DELHI: The total tally of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 216,919 with the worst surge of 9,304 cases in a day so far.
Of the total cases, 106,737 are active, while 104,107 people have been cured and discharged from the hospitals. A total of 260 people died during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,075.
India continued to be the seventh worst-hit country from the pandemic inching towards Italy’s coronavirus tally. The COVID-19 cases remained unabated in Maharashtra with a total of 74,860 reported so far, followed by Tamil Nadu with 25,872, Delhi 23,645 cases, and Gujarat with 18,100.
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths from the disease, at least 2,587, followed by 1,122 in Gujarat and 606 in Delhi.
Moreover, around the world, the total number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 6.4 million, while the death toll has topped 385,000.
With 1,851,530 confirmed cases and 107,148 deaths, the US currently accounts for the highest number of infections and fatalities in the world. In terms of cases, Brazil comes in second place with 584,016 infections.
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