With 6977 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, India records highest 1-day spike for 4th consecutive day

New Delhi: India on Monday (May 25, 2020) reported another highest single-day spike for the fourth consecutive day with 6,977 new cases of the coronavirus disease reported 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 1,38,845 which includes 77,103 active cases, 57,721 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and death toll at 4,021. 154 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours.

The recovery rate in India stands at 41.57 percent.

Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 50,231 cases. 3,041 new cases and 58 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours the took the tally of fatalities to 1,635. Of the 50,231 cases a total of 14,600 have been cured.

Tamil Nadu stood second with 16,277 cases, and Gujarat third with 14,056 cases. The death toll was 111 in Tamil Nadu and 858 in Gujarat. Delhi reported 13,418 cases and 261 casualties, while 6,412 patients have been cured here.

States/UTs with more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases are Rajasthan (7,028), Madhya Pradesh (6,665) and Uttar Pradesh (6,268). Others with more than 1,000 cases are West Bengal (3,667), Andhra Pradesh (2,823), Punjab (2,060), Telangana (1,854), Bihar (2,587), Jammu and Kashmir (1,621), Karnataka (2,089), Odisha (1,336) and Haryana (1,184). States and UTs with significant number of cases are Kerala (847), Jharkhand (370), Chandigarh (238), Assam (378), Tripura (191), Chhattisgarh (252) and Uttarakhand (317).

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated	Deaths**
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	2823	1856	56
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	378	55	4
5	Bihar	2587	702	13
6	Chandigarh	238	186	3
7	Chhattisgarh	252	67	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	2	0	0
9	Delhi	13418	6540	261
10	Goa	66	19	0
11	Gujarat	14056	6412	858
12	Haryana	1184	765	16
13	Himachal Pradesh	203	63	3
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1621	809	21
15	Jharkhand	370	148	4
16	Karnataka	2089	654	42
17	Kerala	847	521	4
18	Ladakh	52	43	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	6665	3408	290
20	Maharashtra	50231	14600	1635
21	Manipur	32	4	0
22	Meghalaya	14	12	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Odisha	1336	550	7
25	Puducherry	41	12	0
26	Punjab	2060	1898	40
27	Rajasthan	7028	3848	163
28	Sikkim	1	0	0
29	Tamil Nadu	16277	8324	111
30	Telengana	1854	1090	53
31	Tripura	191	165	0
32	Uttarakhand	317	58	3
33	Uttar Pradesh	6268	3538	161
34	West Bengal	3667	1339	272
	Cases being reassigned to states	2642
	Total#	138845	57721	4021

It is to be noted that India's rate is the number of cases is continuously increasing at faster rate since May 22 as every 24 hours reports the highest spike. Prior to this, the highest number of cases were reported with 6,767 new cases of the coronavirus disease in 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 1.31 lakh.