New Delhi: India has recorded 22,854 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 11,285,561, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.
Cases recorded in the past 24 hours are two-month high and 27 per cent higher than the previous day’s figure of 17,921. The country hasn’t recorded such a peak since December 26 when it recorded 22,273 infection cases.
The death toll from the disease has reached 158,189 people, with 126 new fatalities being recorded over the past day. More than 10.93 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.
The worst-hit five states, according to the latest government updates, were Maharashtra (13,659), Kerala (2,475), Punjab (1,393), Karnataka (760), and Gujarat (675). The situation in Maharashtra, which has consistently topped the ranking over the past year, has been under scrutiny for a while with several districts imposing partial lockdowns or night curfews.
