Covid: In another record surge, India reports 3,32,730 cases, 2,263 deaths

India has reported yet another grim milestone of highest number of daily new Covid-19 cases in the world as a total of 3,32,730 Covid cases have been witnessed in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data released on Friday. Since April 15, India has continued to report over 2 lakh new Covid-19 cases on a daily basis.

Also, the country reported over 2,000 daily virus related deaths for the third consecutive day with the highest spike in single-day deaths of 2,263 on Friday, since the Covid-19 pandemic early last year. With this the cumulative death toll in India has reached 1,86,920.

The Health Ministry said that a total of 17,40,550 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 27,44,45,653 samples have been tested in the country.According to the government data, a total of 31,47,782 people were also vaccinated in the same period, taking the total inoculation count to 13,54,78,420.

Maharashtra - the worst-affected state - on Thursday reported 67,013 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to over 40.94 lakh. Delhi recorded its highest ever fatalities over the last 24 hours - 306 Covid patients died and more than 26,000 cases were logged.

Kerala on Thursday reported 26,995 coronavirus cases as it registered its biggest ever single-day spike. While neighbouring Karnataka reported over 25,000 fresh capital, state capital Bengaluru has over 1.37 lakh active cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tweeted that he will be chairing some high-level meetings regarding the covid-19 situation on Friday and in the same light, he has cancelled his Bengal visit.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 144.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.06 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.