NEW DELHI, June 19:
India today registered a record one-day jump of 13,856 COVID-19 cases in a grim trend that has continued for most of this month as Chennai was back into lockdown after a sharp rise in the infections.
In some positive news, the number of recoveries crossed the two lakh mark and now stands at 2,04,710, while there are 1,63,248 total COVID-19 active cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This showed that around 53.79 per cent of the patients have recovered so far.
The jump of 13,586 COVID-19 cases pushed the countrywide tally to 3,80,532, while the death toll stood at 12,573 with 336 new fatalities, the data showed.
A total of 1,89,997 cases–around half of the overall tally–was reported this month alone largely due to the rise in the infections in the worst affected States of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.
UP, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh were among the States which registered a record daily spike on Friday.
Kerala recorded a rise in cases by over 100 for the second time so far. The first coronavirus case in the country was reported in this state on January 30.
As states focused on rigorous testing, the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) said 1,76,959 samples were tested on Thursday, the highest for a day so far to take the cumulative total to 64,26,627 samples. (PTI)
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