India recorded 23,285 cases of Covid-19 infection in a day, the highest since December 24, taking the total tally of cases to 1,13,08,846 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. This is the first time in this year that India witnessed a daily Covid-19 spike of over 23,000 cases.

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 14,317 new Covid-19 cases as infections continued to surge in the state. There are over 1 lakh active coronavirus cases in the state at present.

Bangalore Urban and Ernakulam are the only two non-Maharashtra districts accounting for the most number of active Covid-19 cases, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, flagging that eight of the 10 top districts are from Maharashtra.

 According to a Health Ministry statement, the state reported 7,193 discharges and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours. Cumulative cases in the state were 22,66,374.

Alarmingly for the first time in nearly three months, India's case tally crossed nearly to 23,000 with 22,854 fresh Covid-19 cases, riding high on the growing epidemic in Maharashtra and Punjab while Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana are at a “tipping point”. The last time India reported close to 23,000 cases was December 24.

With 18,474 active cases, Pune now tops the list of districts with the most active cases followed by Nagpur (12,724), Thane (10,460) and Mumbai (9,973). Bengaluru Urban (5,526) and Ernakulam (5,430) occupy the fifth and sixth slots.

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