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With Highest Single-Day Spike Of 26,506 New Cases, India's Covid-19 Tally Crosses 7.93 Lakh; Death Toll Rises To 21,604
Coronavirus Update (Swarajya Magazine)
With a spike of record 26,506 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 tally in India has surged to 7,93,802, the Union Health Ministry data revealed on Friday (10 July).
According to the Health Ministry, of the total, 2,76,685 are active cases while at least 4,95,513 people have been cured of the disease.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in the country has increased from Thursday's 21,129 to 21,604, an increase of 475 in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra, which has emerged as the worst Coronavirus-hit state in the country, has so far recorded 2,30,599 cases, including 9,667 fatalities, and 1,27,259 recoveries. Tamil Nadu followed with 1,26,581 cases.
The Covid-19 tally in Delhi has crossed the 107,000-mark with as many as 1,07,051 cases recorded so far, the third-highest tally in the country. Gujarat has reported the fourth highest tally of 39,194 cases so far.
States with more than 10,000 cases are Uttar Pradesh (32,362), Telangana (30,946), Karnataka (31,105), West Bengal (25,911), Andhra Pradesh (23,814), Rajasthan (22,563), Haryana (19,369), Madhya Pradesh (16,341), Assam (14,032), Bihar (13,944), and Odisha (11,201).
Among other states/UTs where Corona cases have surged past 2,000-mark are Jammu and Kashmir (9,501), Punjab (7,140), Kerala (6,534), Chhattisgarh (3,675), Uttarakhand (3,305) and Jharkhand (3,246).
According to the Health Ministry, 4,161 cases are being re-assigned to states.
Here's the latest state-wise breakup:
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