Highest single-day spike of 57,117 new Covid-19 cases in India in a day

India witnessed a record daily jump of 57,117 new Coronavirus cases on Saturday apart from 764 deaths, even as its total tally neared 1.7 million. So far, 16,95,988 corona cases have been reported in India, of which 35,747 patients have succumbed, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

The Ministry said that 10,94,374 patients had recovered till now, including 36,559 who were discharged from quarantine centres or hospitals in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is 64.54 per cent. A total of 5,65,103 patients are still undergoing treatment at hospitals and quarantine centres.

As many as 16 states and UTs