India Records Highest Daily Spike Of 40,425 COVID-19 Cases, Tally Tops 11 Lakh

India on July 20 reported the highest spike in COVID cases, after seeing a rise of 40,425 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking the tally above 11 lakh as the confirmed cases stand at 11,18,043. The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day.

There are 3,90,459 active cases in the country, while 7,00,086 people have recovered and one person has migrated. The recovery rate stands at 62.61 percent.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of infections so far, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,70,693) and Delhi (1,22,793). Also, a total of 1,40,47,908 samples have been tested up to July 19 with 2,56,039 samples being tested on Sunday.

Reporting deaths in the country, 559 people have died of COVID-19 in Rajasthan, 415 in Telangana, 349 in Haryana, 254 in Punjab, 244 in Jammu and Kashmir, 217 in Bihar, 91 in Odisha, 57 in Assam, 52 in Uttarakhand, 49 in Jharkhand and 42 in Kerala.

Meanwhile, India’s Case Fatality Rate has fallen below 2.5 percent. It is to be noted that India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.