TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A record single-day jump of 12,881 COVID-19 cases took India’s tally to 3,66,946 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 12,237 with 334 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data. From June 1 till 18, the country saw a surge of 1,76,411 coronavirus infection cases with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh remaining among the top ten states accounting for the rising tally of COVID-19.
The country had recorded a massive spike of 2,003 deaths on Wednesday following a data reconciliation exercise carried out by states which brought to the fore large number of fatalities previously reported in Maharashtra and Delhi which were not attributed to the disease. In the last two days, India’s COVID-19 fatality rate has risen from 2.8 to 3.3 per cent now.
The number of active cases as on Thursday stands at 1,60,384, while 1,94,324 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated figure at 8 am. “Thus, around 52.95 per cent patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners. India registered over 10,000 cases for the seventh day in a row.
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