With 9987 new COVID-19 cases India records highest single-day spike; total death toll at 7466

India on Tuesday (June 7, 2020) reported the highest single-day spike of 9,987 new COVID-19 cases and 331 deaths in the last 24 hours.

New Delhi: India on Tuesday (June 7, 2020)  reported the highest single-day spike of 9,987 new COVID-19 cases and 266 deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the Health Ministry data, the total number of cases in the country now at 266598, including 129917 active cases, 129215 cured/discharged/migrated and 7466 deaths.

Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country with 88,528 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far. Tamil Nadu remains second with  33,229 cases and Delhi at third with 29,943 cases.

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

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	33	0	33
2	Andhra Pradesh	2031	2745	75	4851
3	Arunachal Pradesh	50	1	0	51
4	Assam	2107	665	4	2776
5	Bihar	2672	2499	31	5202
6	Chandigarh	39	273	5	317
7	Chhattisgarh	848	308	4	1160
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	20	2	0	22
9	Delhi	17712	11357	874	29943
10	Goa	263	67	0	330
11	Gujarat	5309	13956	1280	20545
12	Haryana	2681	2134	39	4854
13	Himachal Pradesh	189	227	5	421
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2916	1324	45	4285
15	Jharkhand	730	519	7	1256
16	Karnataka	3177	2519	64	5760
17	Kerala	1175	814	16	2005
18	Ladakh	50	52	1	103
19	Madhya Pradesh	2688	6536	414	9638
20	Maharashtra	44384	40975	3169	88528
21	Manipur	214	58	0	272
22	Meghalaya	22	13	1	36
23	Mizoram	41	1	0	42
24	Nagaland	115	8	0	123
25	Odisha	992	1993	9	2994
26	Puducherry	75	52	0	127
27	Punjab	482	2128	53	2663
28	Rajasthan	2513	8004	246	10763
29	Sikkim	7	0	0	7
30	Tamil Nadu	15416	17527	286	33229
31	Telengana	1803	1710	137	3650
32	Tripura	646	192	0	838
33	Uttarakhand	684	714	13	1411
34	Uttar Pradesh	4320	6344	283	10947
35	West Bengal	4743	3465	405	8613
	Cases being reassigned to states	8803			8803
	Total#	129917	129215	7466	266598

The recovery rate in India stands at 48.46 percent. In Maharashtra alone 40,975 patients have recovered so far.

India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia and the UK, according to Johns Hopkins University data.