India now No. 10 among Covid-hit nations; 6,500+ cases on Sunday

NEW DELHI: As the country’s Covid-19 count continued to surge, India overtook Iran on Sunday in total recorded cases of the coronavirus to take the 10th spot among nations worst-hit by the pandemic. New cases reported in the past 24 hours spiralled to 6,566, the highest single-day rise so far and the sixth peak in daily cases in as many days, even as the day’s death toll rose to 153.

Maharashtra, as usual, led the numbers with a fresh high of 3,041 new cases, 1,725 from Mumbai alone. With this, the state crossed the 50,000-mark in total cases while Mumbai went past 30,000. Cyclone-ravaged Bengal reported its highest number of fresh cases at 208.

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