The Union Health Ministry said on Saturday morning that 1,45,384 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, leading to a cumulative change.
This is the biggest jump in new cases since the outbreak of the disease in the country. The transition graph has been steadily increasing and has been crossing the 1 lakh mark for the last three days.
The ministry said that ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Rajasthan have shown an increase in Covid cases.
Of these, Maharashtra is the largest contributor as the state on Friday took a total of 32,88,540 cases out of 58,993 new Covid cases. The state has been recording over 55,000 cases in the last few days.
News Source: MOHFW
