India records highest single-day spike of 8,380 coronavirus cases— death toll climbs to 5,164

• The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 89,995, while 86,983 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.
• India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours.

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 1,82,143, while the death toll rose to 5,164, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 89,995, while 86,983 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.

"Thus, around 47.75% patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.

The death toll has gone up by 193 since Saturday morning, of which 99 were from Maharashtra, 27 from Gujarat, 18 from Delhi, nine each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, seven from West Bengal, six each from Tamil Nadu and Telangana, five in Bihar, three from Uttar Pradesh, two from Punjab, and one each from Haryana and Kerala.

Active corona cases in northeast climb to 1,219

The return of natives from different parts of the country and Bangladesh has led to a surge in coronavirus cases in eight northeastern states to 1,586, including 1,219 active cases till Saturday night, officials said.

According to the health officials, Assam has 1,185 cases, including 1,015 active cases. Assam health officials in Guwahati said that 250 more people tested positive in the past 24 hours, the highest in a single day after the first confirmed case was reported in the state on March 31.

According to the officials, two of the 33 Assam districts -- Kamrup Metro (316) and Golaghat (177) -- account for 493 coronavirus patients.

Delhi secretariat department sealed as official tests positive

The General Administration Department (GAD) at the Delhi Secretariat has been sealed for sanitisation after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.

"The official was from the GAD. The department has been sealed for sanitisation. Also, some of the officials are considered as close contacts and have been put under quarantine," a government official told IANS.

Delhi Secretariat houses the offices of all the Delhi Cabinet ministers, including the Chief Minister.

This came after an official from the Health Minister's office and four from the Raj Niwas tested positive for the infection.

The number of coronavirus cases in the city crossed the 18,000-mark on Saturday.

Telangana may see another surge in Covid-19 cases: Health officials

Coronavirus cases increased in Telangana as a result of movement of people following the relaxations in the lockdown norms and there may be another surge in the coming days, but the state government is fully geared up to tackle it, health officials said on Saturday.

While admitting that there is a spike in the number of cases, they claimed that there is no community transmission.

Since the beginning of lockdown 4.0 on May 18, Telangana reported 1,005 new cases. The state recorded 2,499 cases till Saturday.

The Director of Medical Education, Ramesh Reddy, told reporters that as a first step to tackle the pandemic, lockdown was enforced and it controlled the spread to a large extent compared to other states.

"When we move to the next step (relaxations), it is a natural phenomenon in this disease that the number of cases goes up. As there is movement of people, it (the virus) automatically spreads to some areas," he said.

Maharashtra Covid-19 death toll 2,197; cases cross 65,000 mark

Maharashtra on Saturday notched 99 new Covid-19 deaths, down by 17 from the highest 116 fatalities of May 29, to touch 2,197 deaths, while the number of patients crossed 65K, health officials said.

Today's toll includes 81 deaths in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone, the worst-hit in the country, besides 2,940 new positive cases recorded in the state today.

This comes to roughly one death every 15 minutes, and an average 123 new cases notched every hour, in the state.

Maharashtra has been recording 75-plus fatalities and new patients over 2K daily for the past five consecutive days, with the last highest figure of 3,041 infections recorded on May 24.

With 99 fatalities, the state death toll has touched 2,197 while the total number of coronavirus patients increased from yesterday's 62,228 to 65,168 today.

Here are the latest number of cases across states as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.

(with inputs from wire services)
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