Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 31,643 new cases in last 24 hours

Coronavirus live updates: India saw a huge spike of 68,020 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to MoHFW, taking the country's tally to 12,039,644. With active cases soaring past 523,000, India is now the 6th-worst hit country. The death toll from the deadly infection jumped to 161,881. Meanwhile, Delhi on Sunday registered 1,881 new infections, which pushed the tally to 657,715. This is the highest number of cases since December 15 last year according to official data. Maharashtra recorded 40,414 cases, the highest daily spike ever, and 108 related deaths. The fresh infections and deaths come on a day even as chief minister Uddhav Thackeray asked officials to start preparing for another lockdown in view of the increasing Covid-19 cases and failure of the state’s citizens to adhere to the prescribed guidelines.