The number of daily coronavirus cases in India hit a new high as the states had registered over 7,000 coronavirus cases for the first since the outbreak.
With this highest spike in daily COVID-19 count, the total number of coronavirus patients in India crossed the grim-milestone of 1.65 lakh.
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu continued to record high number of COVID-19 case. Several other states — Delhi, West Bengal, Haryana, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh also reported high number of COVID-19 cases.
India overtook Turkey to take the ninth spot among the top ten worst-hit country by the deadly virus infection worldwide, according to John Hopkins University.