With highest single-day spike of 21,418 COVID-19 cased and 379 deaths, Indias cumulative tally of the virus stood at 6,26,599 on Thursday.
The Health Ministry also warned that the total number of people being tested for COVID-19 in the country would soon touch one crore, the Health Ministry said.
Here is a list of State Helpline numbers. You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here.
Here are the latest updates:
Recovery rate in Tamil Nadu is 57%, says Health Minister
After reporting 3,000-plus COVID-19 cases daily for the past week, Tamil Nadu, for the first time, recorded over 4,000 cases on Thursday. A total of 4,343 persons tested positive for COVID-19, taking the States tally to 98,392*.
Noting that the States recovery rate was 57%, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said that a total of 56,021 persons had been discharged after treatment till now. This included 3,095 persons discharged on Thursday.
19 deaths in Karnataka on Thursday
The State saw the highest ever jump in COVID-19 tally on Thursday, with 1,502 new cases being reported. With this, the total number of positive cases touched 18,016. With 19 more deaths, the toll touched 272, apart from four non-COVID-19 deaths.
While a total of 8,334 people being discharged so far, 9,406 patients are being treated in various designated hospitals.
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