India records highest-single day spike with 6,767 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

India on Sunday reported another highest single-day spike with 6,767 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 1.31 lakh.

New Delhi: India on Sunday reported another highest single-day spike for the third consecutive day with 6,767 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 1.31 lakh.

As per the Ministry of Health data, the total tally stands at 131,868 which includes 73,560 active cases, 54,440 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 3,867 deaths. 147 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

The worst-hit state continued to be Maharashtra with 47,190 cases, 1,577 deaths while 13,404 people have recovered. Tamil Nadu after Maharashtra has reported the most cases with at least 15,512 cases, while Gujarat is on the third spot with 13,664 cases. At least 829 deaths have been reported from Gujarat and a total of 103 from Tamil Nadu.

The national capital reported 12,910 cases and 231 casualties, while 6,267 have been cured here. The states and UTs that have reported more than 5,000, cases are Rajasthan (6742), Madhya Pradesh (6,371) Uttar Pradesh (6,017).

Here's the state-wise list of COVID-19 cases :

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated	Deaths**
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	2757	1809	56
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	329	55	4
5	Bihar	2380	653	11
6	Chandigarh	225	179	3
7	Chhattisgarh	214	64	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	2	0	0
9	Delhi	12910	6267	231
10	Goa	55	16	0
11	Gujarat	13664	6169	829
12	Haryana	1131	750	16
13	Himachal Pradesh	185	61	3
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1569	774	21
15	Jharkhand	350	141	4
16	Karnataka	1959	608	42
17	Kerala	795	515	4
18	Ladakh	49	43	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	6371	3267	281
20	Maharashtra	47190	13404	1577
21	Manipur	29	4	0
22	Meghalaya	14	12	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Odisha	1269	497	7
25	Puducherry	26	10	0#
26	Punjab	2045	1870	39
27	Rajasthan	6742	3786	160
28	Sikkim	1	0	0
29	Tamil Nadu	15512	7491	103
30	Telengana	1813	1065	49
31	Tripura	189	153	0
32	Uttarakhand	244	56	2
33	Uttar Pradesh	6017	3406	155
34	West Bengal	3459	1281	269
	Cases being reassigned to states	2338
	Total#	131868	54441	3867

Sikkim has reported its first case as per the health ministry data, while in Dadar Nagar Haveli one more case has emerged and now there are two.

Goa continues to see the resurgence and reported 55 cases so far. A spurt has also been observed in Puducherry, which has now 26 cases. There are now 49 cases in Ladakh.

Prior to this India reported the highest number of case on Saturday India with 6,654 new cases reported in a single day.

On Friday, 6,088 new cases were recorded and before that 5,611 infections were seen on Wednesday in the span of 24 hours, health ministry data shows.

The COVID-19 recovery rate has gone up to 42.28% as 54,440 people have been cured as the country entered the sixth day of the fourth phase of the lockdown.