As the country’s Covid-19 count continued to surge, India overtook Iran on Sunday in total recorded cases of the coronavirus to take the 10th spot among nations worst-hit by the pandemic. New cases reported in the past 24 hours spiralled to 6,566, the highest single-day rise so far and the sixth peak in daily cases in as many days, even as the day’s death toll rose to 153.
Maharashtra, as usual, led the numbers with a fresh high of 3,041 new cases, 1,725 from Mumbai alone. With this, the state crossed the 50,000-mark in total cases while Mumbai went past 30,000. Cyclone-ravaged Bengal reported its highest number of fresh cases at 208.
Bengal’s cumulative tally of cases rose to 3,667, a day after virologists expressed fears of a sudden rise in the epidemic numbers as a possible fallout of cyclone Amphan. Kolkata (52 cases), Howrah (48), North 24 Parganas (21) and Hooghly (20) provided the bulk of the numbers. Before this, the highest single-day case spike had been on May 10, with 158 new cases detected.
At least 26 states/Union territories reported new cases on Sunday, one less than the number on the previous day, indicating the spread of the infection in the country. Continuing the trend of the past few days, Tamil Nadu reported the second highest count of cases during the day at 765. For the first time since May 1, the number of people cured of Covid-19 in the state exceeded the number of those being treated on Sunday, even as Chennai’s count crossed 10,000. The city reported 587 fresh infections.
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