India Covid-19 cases zoom past 40,000, 83 deaths recorded in a day

Maharashtra has the highest number of deaths with total toll reaching 521

Covid cases in India continued on an upward trajectory zooming past 40,000 and recording 83 deaths in a day, taking the final toll to 1,306 on Sunday even as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquarters were sealed after two positive cases were found on the campus. 

Cases in Maharashtra reached 12,296, adding 790 cases in a single day making up nearly 31 per cent of the total count of confirmed patients in the country. The state has the highest number of deaths with the toll at 521. 

Gujarat had the second highest number of cases at 5,054 and Delhi was a