The 24-hour figure indicates a massive 30 per cent jump since yesterday's infections. Besides, 13 more people died during this period, increasing the virus-related death count to 5,24,954.
The active cases tally has increased to 88,284, an increase of 4,294 cases since yesterday. This comprises 0.2 per cent of the cumulative cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.
The top 5 states which reported the highest number of cases today include Maharashtra (5,218), Kerala (3,890), Delhi (1,934), Tamil Nadu (1,063), and Haryana (872).
The cases doubled in Delhi yesterday that what it had reported a day earlier (926). This was the highest since February 4. The city, however, reported no virus-related death yesterday.
Amid rising cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya yesterday directed officials to continue to focus on surveillance and whole genome sequencing to scan any possible mutations.
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