India records highest single-day spike of 75,760 COVID-19 cases

Registering over 75,000 COVID-19 cases for first time in a span of 24 hours, India's virus tally sprinted past 33 lakh on Thursday, while number of recoveries crossed 25 lakh mark, according to Union Health Ministry data.  A record 75,760 infections were ded in a day taking total coronavirus caselo to 33,10,234. death toll climbed to 60,472 with 1,023 fatalities being reported in 24 hours,  data updated at 8 am showed.

With a total of 25,23,771 patients having recuperated so far, recovery rate was recorded at 76.24 per cent while COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.83 per cent. re are 7,25,991 active cases of coronavirus infection in country which comprises 21.93  per cent of total caselo, data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally h crossed 20-lakh mark on August 7 and went past 30 lakh on August 23.   According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 3,85,76,510 samples have been tested up to August 26 with 9,24,998 samples being tested on Wednesday.  Of 1,023 fresh deaths, 295 are from Maharashtra, 133 from Karnataka, 118 from Tamil Nu, 90 from Uttar Presh, 81 from Andhra Presh, 55 from West Bengal, 41 from Punjab, 19 from Jammu and Kashmir, 17 each from Mhya Presh, Delhi and Gujarat, 15 from Jharkhand, 14 from Assam, 13 each from Odisha and Kerala, 12 from Rajasthan and 11 each from Bihar and Haryana.

Ten fatalities have been reported from Chhattisgarh, eight each from Goa, Puducherry and Telangana, six from Uttarakhand, four from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, two each from Tripura and Himachal Presh while Chandigarh, Lakh and Manipur have registered one fatality each. Of total 60,472 deaths, Maharashtra has reported maximum at 23,089 followed by 6,839 in Tamil Nu, 5,091 in Karnataka, 4,347 in Delhi, 3,541 in Andhra Presh, 3,149 in Uttar Presh, 2,964 in West Bengal, 2,945 in Gujarat,and 1,282  in Mhya Presh.

So far, 1,219 people have died of COVID-19  in Punjab, 992 in Rajasthan, 788 in Telangana, 657 in Jammu and Kashmir, 634 in Haryana, 530 in Bihar, 441 in Odisha, 362 in Jharkhand, 274 in Assam, 257 in Kerala and 219  in Uttarakhand. Chhattisgarh has registered 231 deaths, Puducherry 180, Goa 165, Tripura 85, Chandigarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands 41 each, Himachal Presh 32, Lakh and Manipur 25 each, Nagaland nine, Meghalaya eight, Arunachal Presh five, Sikkim three and Dra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.  health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with Indian Council of Medical Research," ministry said on its website, ding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to furr verification and reconciliation.