NEW DELHI/CHENNAI, July 19: A record single-day spike in fresh cases was recorded in many Southern States today as India’s COVID’s tally neared 11 lakh.
Delhi, which is placed third among the States and Union Territories most affected by the pandemic, continued to show an improvement in the situation, but Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat reported a sharp rise in cases.
Maharashtra was still contributing a major portion of the caseload with the highest-ever 9,518 new COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the tally to 3,10,455 while 258 more people succumbed to the disease, including 149 deaths in the Mumbai metropolitan region, the state Health department said.
Tamil Nadu reported a new single day high of 4,979 fresh COVID-19 cases as the overall tally crossed 1.70 lakh in the state, the second worst affected after Maharashtra.
A single-day high of 5,041 COVID-19 cases was registered in Andhra Pradesh as the overall aggregate inched closer to the 50,000 mark today.
Also, the State saw the highest spike in deaths in a day as 56 Coronavirus patients succumbed, pushing the toll to 642, a State Government bulletin said.
Karnataka reported 4,120 new COVID-19 cases and 91 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 63,772 and the death toll to 1,331, the State Health Department said.
The State crossed the 10 lakh tests milestone today from about 88 labs in the state.
And though the situation in Kerala was relatively better, the tally breached the 12,000 mark today with 821 people, including 13 health workers, testing positive for the virus in the highest single day spurt in the state so far.
The national capital recorded 1,211 fresh coronavirus cases, the lowest in over a month, and 31 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours. (PTI)
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