Coronavirus LIVE: At 40,414 cases, Maharashtra sees highest one-day spike

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu

Coronavirus LIVE update: India reported 62,714 new Covid-19 positive infections in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide tally to 1,19,71,624, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

Coronavirus cases in the country are rising at a rate not seen since May last year, indicating that India’s second Covid-19 wave may be worse than the first wave despite the ongoing vaccination drive. 

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2,637,735), Kerala (1,113,722), Karnataka (981,044), Andhra Pradesh (896,863), and Tamil Nadu (875,190).

World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe with 127,264,763 infected by the deadly contagion. While 102,550,391 have recovered, 2,788,799 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 30,917,130 cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia and France. 

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10:27 PM

Maharashtra sees highest one-day spike of 40,414 Covid-19 cases

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 40,414 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the highest rise so far in a single day, taking its tally beyond 27 lakh to 27,13,875, the state health department said.

 

The state had reached the 26 lakh-mark of cases only on March 25.

 

 

With 108 fresh fatalities due to Covid-19 infection, the overall toll in Maharashtra reached 54,181, it said.

 

Mumbai also reported the highest number of new cases in a day on Sunday, by adding 6,933 infections, taking its overall tally to 3,98,724.

 

With eight more deaths, Mumbai's fatality count rose to 11,653, the department said.

 

In Maharashtra, 17,874 patients were discharged during the day, taking the total count of recoveries to 23,32,453.

 

The state is now left with 3,25,901 active cases, the department added.

8:53 PM

Maharashtra govt imposes curfew in Mumbai from 8pm to 7 am amid surge in Covid cases

8:38 PM

Uttar Pradesh reports 1,446 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

8:37 PM

Punjab reports 2,963 fresh Covid-19 cases, 69 deaths in 24 hours

8:19 PM

Mumbai reports 6923 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths in 24 hours

8:12 PM

1,081 new coronavirus cases in Rajasthan

Rajasthan reported 1,081 Covid-19 cases on Sunday which took the tally to 3,30,676 while two more fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 2,813, according to an official report, PTI reported. The new cases included 209 in Jaipur, 172 in Jodhpur, 98 in Kota, 89 in Udaipur and 65 in Ajmer, it said.

The fresh deaths were reported in Rajsamand district, according to the report. It said that a total of 3,20,704 people have recovered from the disease and the number of active cases in the state is 7,159.

8:10 PM

Delhi reports 1,881 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths in 24 hours

7:40 PM

Kerala sees rise in Covid-19 cases with 2216 infections

Kerala recorded 2,216 fresh coronavirus cases, including 23 health workers on Sunday, pushing the total infection count to 11.17 lakh, according to PTI. As many as 1,853 people have been cured of the infections, taking the total recoveries to 10,88,522 as the active cases touched 24,582, Health Minister K K Shailaja said in a press release.

The virus caseload has mounted to 11,17,993. In the last 24 hours ending 2 pm, 47,229 samples were sent for testing and the test positivity rate shot up to 4.69 per cent.

7:10 PM

Gujarat: IIM-A infection count rises to 45 over last two weeks

Five more people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), taking the number of the infected students, faculty and staff to 45 over the last two weeks, the institute said on Sunday, according to PTI. Out of these 45 people who have tested positive for coronavirus since March 12, 44 are currently in quarantine, it said.

These 44 people include 31 students, a faculty member, and 12 staff members and others, as per the Covid-19 dashboard of the IIM-A. With the five additions, the total number of the infected people at the IIM-A reached 172 since September 8, 2020, it said. The Covid-19 cases started surging at the IIM-A from the second week of March after a student tested positive on its campus after a gap of nearly a month.

Within ten days, ten more people tested positive, and the number went up to 46 by March 27, it said. In the last 208 days, the institute had conducted 3,792 tests- both the rapid antigen and RT-PCR- for detection of coronavirus.

6:47 PM

1,005 covid cases in Andhra Pradesh, highest single day rise since November 26

Andhra Pradesh reported 1,005 fresh cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the highest single-day rise after November 26, pushing the gross up to 8,98,815, reported PTI. The state now has 5,394 active cases, the highest number since the 5,259 on December 9.

A health department bulletin said 324 patients had recovered and two more succumbed to the infection in the state in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday. The total recoveries have now touched 8,86,216 and the toll was 7,205, it said. Guntur district reported the highest number of 225 fresh cases in a day, followed by Chittoor 184, Visakhapatnam 167 and Krishna 135.

6:30 PM

Nagpur reports 3,970 new Covid-19 cases, 58 deaths in 24 hours

6:20 PM

Covid-19 spike: Bombay Bar Association seeks online court hearings

Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Bombay Bar Association has written to the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Dipankar Datta, to permit virtual hearings before the principal bench of the court, reported PTI.

In a letter written on Saturday, the BBA urged the Chief Justice to conduct hearings through a video conferencing interface, or, to at least permit a hybrid system of physical and virtual hearings to control crowds in courtrooms, as per PTI.

6:11 PM

Karnataka reports 3082 new Covid-19 cases, 1285 discharges

5:43 PM

Maharashtra CM asks officials to prepare for lockdown-like curbs if rules continue to be violated

5:38 PM

Delhi adds 200 containment zones in two days, total 1,506

Delhi has been seeing a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, especially since March 23 when the daily tally crossed the 1,000 mark for the first time this year, and the number of containment zones is also seeing a rapid upward trend, with 800 added in less than a week, according to IANS. While 1,558 cases -- the highest so far in 2021 -- were reported on Saturday, 200 zones were also added in two days till then.

The national capital city had reported 1,101 cases on Tuesday, 1,254 on Wednesday, 1,515 on Thursday, and 1,534 on Friday, as per Delhi Health Department data. With increasing number of Covid-19 cases, the city has seen the number of containment zones, rise to 1,506, out of which around 800 have been added in last one week, and 200 in Friday and Saturday, the Health Department said, as per IANS.