5 states record highest single-day spike, 20,903 COVID cases reported

As the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in India rose to 20,903 on Friday (July 3), five of the country’s top 10 worst-hit states — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh — recorded their highest single-day spike.

These states, which have the maximum caseload, together contributed more than 14,000 coronavirus cases to the country’s tally.

India’s COVID-19 cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time, taking the country’s total tally to 6,25,544 on Friday, while the death toll climbed to 18,213 with 379 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

Of the 379 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 125 are from Maharashtra, 61 from Delhi, 57 from Tamil Nadu, 19 each from Gujarat and Karnataka, 17 from Uttar Pradesh, 16 from West Bengal, 11 from Haryana, 10 from Jammu and Kashmir, nine from Rajasthan, eight each from Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, seven from Bihar, five from Andhra Pradesh, three from Punjab, two from Puducherry and one each from Kerala and Uttarakhand.

The number of recoveries in the country stands at 3,79,891, while one patient has migrated. There are 2,27,439 active cases of coronavirus infections presently in the country. “Thus, around 60.73 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said.

The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners. There has been a surge of 4,35,009 COVID-19 cases from June 1 till date.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 92,97,749 samples have been tested up to July 2 with 2,41,576 samples being tested on Thursday.

From the states

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases at 1,86,626, while Tamil Nadu recorded the second highest tally, with 98,392 cases being confirmed.

Delhi reported the third highest number of COVID-19 cases with the tally at 92,175, while Gujarat’s number stood  at 33,913, Uttar Pradesh at 24,825, West Bengal at 19,819 and Rajasthan at 18,662 according to the ministry data.

Andhra Pradesh’s aggregate number of coronavirus cases stood at 16,934 on Friday as 837 were added afresh in the last 24 hours. A record 38,898 samples were tested in the last 24 hours of which 837 turned out to be positive.

The COVID-19 toll touched 206 as eight new fatalities were reported in the state, the latest bulletin said. In the last 24 hours, 258 COVID-19 patients were also discharged from hospitals upon recovery.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 18,570 in Telangana, 18,016 in Karnataka, 16,097 in Andhra Pradesh, 15,509 in Haryana, and 14,106 in Madhya Pradesh. It has risen to 10,471 in Bihar, 9,013 in Assam, 7,849 in Jammu and Kashmir and 7,545 in Odisha. Punjab has reported 5,784 novel coronavirus infections so far, while Kerala has 4,753 cases.

A total of 3,013 have been infected by the virus in Chhattisgarh, 2,984 in Uttarakhand, 2,584 in Jharkhand, 1,435 in Tripura, 1,482 in Goa, 1,279 in Manipur, 1,014 in Himachal Pradesh and 990 in Ladakh. Puducherry has recorded 802 COVID-19 cases, Nagaland 501, Chandigarh 450 and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have reported 230 COVID-19 cases.

Arunachal Pradesh reported 195 cases, Mizoram has 162 cases, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has 109, Sikkim has registered 102 infections so far, while Meghalaya has recorded 56 cases.

(With inputs from agencies)