NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 tally on Saturday witnessed its highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
A total of 386 deaths have been reported due to the infection during the last 24 hours.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 3,08,993 including 1,45,779 active cases 1,54,330 cured/discharged/migrated and 8,884 deaths.
COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra continue to soar with the number reaching 101141. Tamil Nadu's coronavirus count stands at 40,698 while cases in Delhi reached 36,824.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases have crossed 7.7-million mark worldwide, taking the total number of patients to 7,731,721 on Saturday. 428,210 people died worldwide due to the virus. Till now, 3,925,295 people have been recovered from the coronavirus infection, according to Worldometer figures