Record one-day spike of 24K+ cases, 608 deaths on Saturday

Record one-day spike of 24K+ cases, 608 deaths on Saturday

Covid Tally Set To Cross Russia’s Count Today If Infection Trends Hold

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi  05.07.2020

: India recorded its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases as well as fatalities, with 24,201 fresh infections and 608 deaths from the virus reported on Saturday. This was the third straight day of record rise in infections as more than 23,500 cases were reported on Friday and over 22,000 the day before.

India’s Covid-19 caseload has risen to 6,72,968, as per data collated from state governments. The tally is set to cross Russia’s Covid-19 count (at present 6,74,515) on Sunday, if current infection trends hold. That will put India at the third spot, behind the US (over 29.1 lakh cases) and Brazil (15.5 lakh), among countries with the highest coronavirus cases.

Saturday’s record surge in infections was again led by Maharashtra, which recorded a massive 7,074 new cases, crossing the 7,000 mark for the first time. At least six other states reported their highest single-day jump in cases, with Karnataka registering 1,839, Bengal 743, Gujarat 712, Rajasthan 480 and Kerala 240. Fresh cases crossed the 100 mark for the first in Goa, which added 108 to its tally.

The daily death toll also went past 600 for the first time, discounting the 2,003 deaths reported on June 16, which mostly comprised backdated fatalities recorded during data reconciliation exercises in Maharashtra and Delhi. These two states reported the highest deaths on Saturday too, with Maharashtra adding a record 295 fatalities to its count and Delhi reporting 81 deaths. The toll was high in Tamil Nadu, where 65 deaths were recorded, Karnataka

(42), Uttar Pradesh (24), Gujarat (21) and Bengal (19).

As south India continued to witness a huge spike in the coronavirus infections, Telangana and Karnataka pushed Bengal to the eight position while climbing to the No. 6 and 7 spots, respectively, in the list of states with the highest cases.

In an ominous warning of the way the pandemic could play out over the next few weeks, Karnataka’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 21,000 on Saturday, with the state reporting 1,839 more cases. With this, the state tally touched 21,549.

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OMINOUS WARNING: A health worker collects a sample from a woman for Covid-19 test in Kolkata on Saturday