India has reported 48,916 new coronavirus cases and 757 deaths in one of the biggest single-day jumps. The total number of cases registered in India so far has now officially crossed 13 lakh.
Coronavirus Update: India has reported nearly 49,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases past 13 lakh. The country also registered 757 deaths, taking the total death toll from coronavirus to 31,358.
Out of 13,36,861 infections recorded so far, over 4.5 lakh are active cases while 8,49,432 patients have recovered. It may be noted that the country has been recording over 40,000 cases since July 23.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state with over 1.4 lakh active cases and 13,132 deaths. Tamil Nadu remains on the second spot with over 53,132 active cases and 3,320 deaths.
Globally, the coronavirus has infected over 1.5 crore people while 6.3 people have died after getting infected. US remains the worst affected country with over 40 lakh cases and over 1.4 lakh deaths, followed by Brazil which has over 22 lakh cases and over 85,000 deaths.