COVID-19: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike

New Delhi: India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while t...

New Delhi: India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while the?death toll rose to?16,095,?according to the Union Health Ministry data

The data updated at 8 am showed 19,906 new cases, while?410 persons succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours

This is the fifth consecutive?day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 15,000. The country saw a?surge of 3,38,324 infections from June 1 till date.? ??

The number of active?cases?stands at?2,03,051,?while 3,09,712 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data

"Thus, around 58.56 per cent patients have recovered so far," an official said

According to the ICMR, acumulative total of 82,27,802 samples have been tested up to June 27 and 2,31,095 samples have been tested on Saturday

Of the 410 new deaths reported till Sunday morning, 167 were in Maharashtra, 68 in Tamil Nadu,?66 in Delhi, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Gujarat, 13 in?West Bengal, 11 each in Rajasthan and Karnataka, nine in?Andhra Pradesh, seven in Haryana, six each?in Punjab and Telangana, four in Madhya Pradesh,? two in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in? Bihar, Odisha and Puducherry.?

Of the total 16,095 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra tops the tally with 7,273 deaths, followed by Delhi with 2,558 deaths, Gujarat with 1,789, Tamil Nadu with 1,025, Uttar Pradesh with 649, West Bengal with 629, Madhya Pradesh with 550, Rajasthan with 391 and Telangana with 243 deaths

The COVID-19 death toll reached 218 in Haryana, 191 in Karnataka, 157 in Andhra Pradesh, 128 in Punjab, 93 in Jammu and Kashmir, 59 in Bihar, 37 in Uttarakhand, 22 in Kerala and 18 in Odisha

Chhattisgarh has registered 13 deaths, Jharkhand 12, Puducherry 10, Assam and Himachal Pradesh nine each, Chandigarh six, Goa two and Meghalaya, Tripura, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one fatality each, according to the Health Ministry

More than 70 per cent deaths took place due to comorbidities, it said

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of?cases?at 1,59,133 followed by Delhi at 80,188, Tamil Nadu at 78,335, Gujarat at 30,709, Uttar Pradesh at 21,549, Rajasthan at 16,944 and West Bengal at 16,711, according to the ministry data

The number of COVID-19?cases?has gone up to 13,436 in Telangana, 13,427 in Haryana, 12,965 in Madhya Pradesh, 12,285 in Andhra Pradesh and 11,923 in Karnataka

It has risen to 8,931 in Bihar, 6,966 in Jammu and Kashmir, 6,816 in Assam and 6,350 in Odisha. Punjab has reported 5,056 novel coronavirus infections so far, while Kerala has 4,071?cases

A total of 2,791 people have been infected by the virus in Uttarakhand, 2,545 in Chhattisgarh, 2,339 in Jharkhand, 1,334 in Tripura, 1,128 in Goa ,1,092 in Manipur, 960 in Ladakh and 894 in Himachal Pradesh

Puducherry has recorded 619 COVID-19?cases, Chandigarh has 428, Nagaland has 387 and Arunachal Pradesh 177 and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have also reported 177 COVID-19?cases

Mizoram has 148?cases, Sikkim has 87, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has registered 72 infections so far while Meghalaya has recorded 47?cases

"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)," the ministry said, adding that 7,839?cases?are being reassigned to states.

-Source: News Agency 

COMMENTS


*

Name

AROUND THE GLOBE,3417,business,74,BY READERS,479,FEATURE,289,GLOBE,16,KERALA,13,Movie,327,s,1,SPECIAL STORY,394,TAMILNADU,3,TOP STORY,4138,TRAVEL,8,
ltr
item
Local Glob: COVID-19: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike
COVID-19: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCTYTykX2EM/XviA6i5ZjpI/AAAAAAAAtaE/tTM2uT4CFyIPy_JbRSNV0tJ2PUal0sbogCK4BGAsYHg/s320/covid.png
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCTYTykX2EM/XviA6i5ZjpI/AAAAAAAAtaE/tTM2uT4CFyIPy_JbRSNV0tJ2PUal0sbogCK4BGAsYHg/s72-c/covid.png
Local Glob
http://www.localglob.com/2020/06/covid-19-india-adds-nearly-20000-cases.html
http://www.localglob.com/
http://www.localglob.com/
http://www.localglob.com/2020/06/covid-19-india-adds-nearly-20000-cases.html
true
8255692317570297677
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS CONTENT IS PREMIUM Please share to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy