India sees highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases, new infections 10956, deaths 396

New Delhi: India on Friday (June 12, 2020) recorded more than 10,000 cases in the last 24 hours for the very first time since the outbreak making it the highest jump recorded in a day. The total tally crossed 2.9 lakh on Friday and the death toll was at 8498. 

As per the Ministry of Health data, 10956 news cases and 396 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours since Thursday 8 am taking the total tally to 297,535 which includes 141,842 active cases, 147,194 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient, and 8,498 deaths.

Maharashtra, the state with the most number of confirmed cases has reported 97,648 cases. The state also witnessed 150 coronavirus-related deaths during the same time and its Covid-19 death toll is now 3,590. Tamil Nadu is second only to Maharashtra with 38,716 confirmed cases followed by Delhi with 34,687 cases and Gujarat with 22,067 cases.

Here's the state-wise list of coronavirus cases:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	5	33	0	38
2	Andhra Pradesh	2301	3048	80	5429
3	Arunachal Pradesh	57	4	0	61
4	Assam	1881	1432	6	3319
5	Bihar	2681	3266	36	5983
6	Chandigarh	41	286	5	332
7	Chhattisgarh	945	447	6	1398
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	28	2	0	30
9	Delhi	20871	12731	1085	34687
10	Goa	350	67	0	417
11	Gujarat	5546	15101	1385	22032
12	Haryana	3644	2260	64	5968
13	Himachal Pradesh	184	280	6	470
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2702	1820	52	4574
15	Jharkhand	961	630	8	1599
16	Karnataka	3196	2977	72	6245
17	Kerala	1258	968	18	2244
18	Ladakh	80	54	1	135
19	Madhya Pradesh	2768	7042	431	10241
20	Maharashtra	47980	46078	3590	97648
21	Manipur	293	73	0	366
22	Meghalaya	25	18	1	44
23	Mizoram	101	1	0	102
24	Nagaland	106	22	0	128
25	Odisha	1023	2354	9	3386
26	Puducherry	88	67	2	157
27	Punjab	569	2259	59	2887
28	Rajasthan	2798	8775	265	11838
29	Sikkim	12	2	0	14
30	Tamil Nadu	17662	20705	349	38716
31	Telangana	2162	1993	165	4320
32	Tripura	634	278	1	913
33	Uttarakhand	786	842	15	1643
34	Uttar Pradesh	4451	7292	345	12088
35	West Bengal	5338	3988	442	9768
	Cases being reassigned to states	8315			8315
	Total#	141842	147195	8498	297535

The recovery rate in India stands at 49.47 percent.