India sees record 83,883 Covid cases in 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Sep 03, 2020:   A record spike of 83,833 cases has pushed India’s coronavirus tally past the 38-lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. This is the highest single-day jump in Covid infections in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of infections in the country now stand at 38,53,406. In the last 24 hours, 11,72,179 samples were tested, the highest single-day tests so far, taking the total number of tests past 4.55 crore. An additional 1,043 deaths linked to the highly contagious disease have pushed the total number of fatalities to 67,376.

Over 29 lakh have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77 per cent. Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic followed by three southern states - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.