Gujarat reports highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases taking tally to 40155

The number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in India has crossed 7.93 lakh and the country now has the third-highest coronavirus cases in the world, besides being the biggest epicenter of Covid-19 cases in Asia.

The number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in India has crossed 7.93 lakh and the country now has the third-highest coronavirus cases in the world, besides being the biggest epicentre of Covid-19 cases in Asia. 

India saw a record single-day surge of 26,506 coronavirus cases on Friday, which pushed the country's COVID-19 tally to 7,93,802, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 21,604 with 475 new fatalities, according to the health ministry data updated at 9 am.

For the past 10 days, more than 17,000 cases have been reported in India every day. 

The Group of Ministers (GoM) was informed on Thursday that eight states in India, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana, account for around 90 per cent of the active COVID-19 cases in the country and 80 per cent of the active cases have been reported from 49 districts.

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10 July 2020

21:47 IST

Gujarat reports a highest single-day spike of 875 coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 40,155. 14 patients have succumbed taking the death toll to 2,024.

21:46 IST

With 3,680 new cases in Tamil Nadu, total active cases rise to 46,105 and total cases rise to 1,30,261. In 24 hours, 4163 people have been discharged and so far 82324 discharges have been made. With 64 new deaths, death toll in state rises to 1829 total.

18:43 IST

10-day lockdown will be imposed in Pune, neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad in Maharashtra from July 13. Total lockdown in Maharashtra's Thane extended till July 19.

18:19 IST

With 12 new COVID-19 cases, Mumbai's Dharavi records a total of 2,359 cases.

18:19 IST

Total positive cases in Tamil Nadu reach 1,26,581, including 46,655 active cases and 1,765 deaths. Chennai still a hotspot, although situation has improved. The mortality rate is low at 1.39 per cent.

16:05 IST

COVID-19 cases reach 12,287,550 globally and death toll rises to 555,324 at 4 pm (IST) on Friday.

13:25 IST

Himachal Pradesh: The total number of COVID19 positive cases in the state is now 1141 including 284 active cases, 833 recovered and 9 deaths.

13:24 IST

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19 situation: Recovery rate among COVID-19 patients stands at about 63 percent, mortality rate is just 2.72%. We are not concerned about the number of cases. We are ramping up testing so that maximum cases can be detected & treated.

12:07 IST

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19 situation: Around 2.7 lakh tests are being done daily. Despite being such a large country, we've not reached the community transmission stage of COVID-19. Though there are some small pockets where there could be slightly higher transmission locally. 

11:20 IST

Mizoram: As many as 23 people, including 15 Assam Rifles jawans and seven National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 226, officials said on Friday.

09:54 IST

Rajasthan: 115 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths till 10:30 am today, taking total number of cases to 22,678 and death toll to 495. Active cases stand at 5,043 as per the state health department.

07:21 IST

India COVID-19 data: Coronavirus cases in India stand at 7,93,802 including 2,76,685 active cases, 4,95,513 cured/discharged/migrated and 21,604 deaths as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India reports 475 deaths and the highest single-day spike of 26,506 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours. 

06:43 IST

Maharashtra: Mumbai's COVID-19 tally rises to 88,795 with 1,282 new cases; 68 deaths take fatality count to 5,129.

06:43 IST

Delhi: With 2,187 fresh coronavirus cases, tally now 1,07,051 in Delhi; death toll mounts to 3,258.

06:42 IST

Uttar Pradesh government to impose lockdown-like curbs to check coronavirus spread from 10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday: Chief Secretary R K Tiwari (PTI input)

06:38 IST

Himachal Pradesh: Thirty-nine more people test positive for COVID-19 in the state, pushing tally to 1,141. State reports 10 new deaths linked to deadly virus. (PTI report)

06:37 IST

Uttar Pradesh: Gautam Buddh Nagar district records 172 new COVID-19 cases, highest in the state in 24 hours, pushing tally to 3,178; death toll reaches 31 with another fatality. (PTI input)