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Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 7,975 cases, its highest single-day jump. The state has added 69,021 cases in the past 10 days alone. Tamil Nadu, which has reported a single-day jump of 4,496 cases, has added more than 3,000 cases on each of the past 20 days. Delhi’s daily case additions has been less than 2,000 for a fifth straight day (at 1,647 on Thursday); its total tally now stands to 116,993. Karnataka, the fifth-most-affected state by total cases, has reported more than 2,000 cases for an eighth straight day (its highest single-day jump of 3,176 on Thursday) to take its total to 47,253. The state has added 39% of all its cases in the past 7 days alone.