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With the highest single-day spike of 3,630 Covid-19 cases, the total tally in Delhi rose to over 56,000 on Saturday, while the death toll mounted to 2,112, authorities said.

This is the second time in Delhi that over 3,000 cases have been reported in a day. The previous highest spike of 3,137 cases was recorded on June 19.

Seventy-seven fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department said in a bulletin.

It said the death toll due to the coronavirus infection has risen to 2,112, and the total number of cases now stood at 56,746.

India on Saturday crossed the 4 lakh-mark as the country reported over 14,000 cases, its highest ever single-day jump in infections. For the first time, India on Saturday morning reported 14,516 fresh coronavirus cases in a single day, pushing the country’s Covid caseload to over 3.95 lakh.

However, by evening, several states reported over 5,000 coronavirus cases.

This is the third consecutive day that India registered a record jump in the number of coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, an official said that around 54.13 per cent of the patients have recovered so far.

Maharashtra, the worst-hit state in the country by the pandemic, alone reported 3,874, its highest ever jump in a single day, on Saturday. The latest spike in cases took the state’s total tally to 1,28,205.

As many as 5,984 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in Maharashtra so far.

With the highest single-day spike of 3,630 Covid-19 cases, the total tally in Delhi rose to over 56,000 on Saturday, while the death toll mounted to 2,112. Delhi has reported over 3,000 cases for the second consecutive day. The previous highest spike of 3,137 cases was recorded on Friday.

Telangana reported 546 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, while Uttar Pradesh reported 592.

Gujarat reported 539 new coronavirus patients on Saturday which took the tally of cases in the state to 26,737. With 20 Covid-19 patients dying during the day, the death toll due to the pandemic in Gujarat rose to 1,639.

Rajasthan reported four deaths and 381 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the state’s death toll and infection tally to 337 and 14,537 respectively.

India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia. According to the Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling Covid-19 data from all over the world, India is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll.

India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday as Chennai locked down following fresh outbreaks there.

Given India’s high population density, experts have long worried that a sustained Covid-19 outbreak would lead to pressure on its stretched healthcare system.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lifted most restrictions that were part of a nearly three-month nationwide lockdown on June 8, despite the continuing rise in cases.

Data from India’s federal health ministry on Friday showed an additional 13,500 cases over the previous 24 hours, with over 300 deaths.

India now lags only the United States, Brazil and Russia in total number of infections and has reported four times more than China, which has a similar size population and is where the virus originated late last year.

On Friday Tamil Nadu imposed a lockdown with tough restrictions in Chennai and surrounding districts until June 30.

Roads in Chennai, known as “India’s Detroit” for its large car-making industry, were largely empty on Friday and most shops were closed amid heavy police patrolling to ensure adherence to the rules.

“Police officers and medical professionals are fighting for you. Please cooperate and be hopeful,” Tamil Nadu state Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in a tweet on Friday.

“Let’s follow social distancing, stay aware and win this battle against this pandemic.”

Tamil Nadu has tested over 800,000 people for COVID-19 – the highest number in the country – and its mortality rate is nearly a third of the national average. But it has been facing criticism over delayed reporting of deaths, and the number of cases and casualties have been rising steeply in recent days, mainly in and around Chennai.