NEW DELHI: Eight states namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh, reported a high number of coronavirus daily fresh cases, About 84.5 percent of the new cases are reported from these eight states, while India recorded 68,020 new Covid19 infections in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 40,414. It is followed by Karnataka with 3,082 while Punjab reported 2,870 new cases, which is the highest surge since October 11, last year. As many as 74,383 new cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours on October 11.

India fought through the first wave of infection six months ago and recorded a highest single-day spike of 93,617 cases on September 16. The highest number of deaths recorded in a day was 1,169 on September 15.

Ini addition, India's total active Caseload has reached 5,21,808 today. The present active caseload now stands at 4.33 percent of India's total positive cases. A net incline of 35,498 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

Meantime, the Central Government has advised high-burden states and Union territories to take stringent measures for containment of the surge.

India's cumulative recoveries stand at 1,13,55,993 on Monday. The national Recovery Rate is 94.32 percent. 32,231 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 17,874 newly recovered cases.

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