Coronavirus LIVE: At 40,414 cases, Maharashtra sees highest one-day spike

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu

10:27 PM

Maharashtra sees highest one-day spike of 40,414 Covid-19 cases

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 40,414 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the highest rise so far in a single day, taking its tally beyond 27 lakh to 27,13,875, the state health department said.

 

The state had reached the 26 lakh-mark of cases only on March 25.

 

 

With 108 fresh fatalities due to Covid-19 infection, the overall toll in Maharashtra reached 54,181, it said.

 

Mumbai also reported the highest number of new cases in a day on Sunday, by adding 6,933 infections, taking its overall tally to 3,98,724.

 

With eight more deaths, Mumbai's fatality count rose to 11,653, the department said.

 

In Maharashtra, 17,874 patients were discharged during the day, taking the total count of recoveries to 23,32,453.

 

The state is now left with 3,25,901 active cases, the department added.

8:53 PM

Maharashtra govt imposes curfew in Mumbai from 8pm to 7 am amid surge in Covid cases

8:38 PM

Uttar Pradesh reports 1,446 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

8:37 PM

Punjab reports 2,963 fresh Covid-19 cases, 69 deaths in 24 hours

8:19 PM

Mumbai reports 6923 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths in 24 hours

8:12 PM

1,081 new coronavirus cases in Rajasthan

Rajasthan reported 1,081 Covid-19 cases on Sunday which took the tally to 3,30,676 while two more fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 2,813, according to an official report, PTI reported. The new cases included 209 in Jaipur, 172 in Jodhpur, 98 in Kota, 89 in Udaipur and 65 in Ajmer, it said.

The fresh deaths were reported in Rajsamand district, according to the report. It said that a total of 3,20,704 people have recovered from the disease and the number of active cases in the state is 7,159.

8:10 PM

Delhi reports 1,881 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths in 24 hours

7:40 PM

Kerala sees rise in Covid-19 cases with 2216 infections

Kerala recorded 2,216 fresh coronavirus cases, including 23 health workers on Sunday, pushing the total infection count to 11.17 lakh, according to PTI. As many as 1,853 people have been cured of the infections, taking the total recoveries to 10,88,522 as the active cases touched 24,582, Health Minister K K Shailaja said in a press release.

The virus caseload has mounted to 11,17,993. In the last 24 hours ending 2 pm, 47,229 samples were sent for testing and the test positivity rate shot up to 4.69 per cent.

7:10 PM

Gujarat: IIM-A infection count rises to 45 over last two weeks

Five more people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), taking the number of the infected students, faculty and staff to 45 over the last two weeks, the institute said on Sunday, according to PTI. Out of these 45 people who have tested positive for coronavirus since March 12, 44 are currently in quarantine, it said.

These 44 people include 31 students, a faculty member, and 12 staff members and others, as per the Covid-19 dashboard of the IIM-A. With the five additions, the total number of the infected people at the IIM-A reached 172 since September 8, 2020, it said. The Covid-19 cases started surging at the IIM-A from the second week of March after a student tested positive on its campus after a gap of nearly a month.

Within ten days, ten more people tested positive, and the number went up to 46 by March 27, it said. In the last 208 days, the institute had conducted 3,792 tests- both the rapid antigen and RT-PCR- for detection of coronavirus.

6:47 PM

1,005 covid cases in Andhra Pradesh, highest single day rise since November 26

Andhra Pradesh reported 1,005 fresh cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the highest single-day rise after November 26, pushing the gross up to 8,98,815, reported PTI. The state now has 5,394 active cases, the highest number since the 5,259 on December 9.

A health department bulletin said 324 patients had recovered and two more succumbed to the infection in the state in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday. The total recoveries have now touched 8,86,216 and the toll was 7,205, it said. Guntur district reported the highest number of 225 fresh cases in a day, followed by Chittoor 184, Visakhapatnam 167 and Krishna 135.