Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 1,30,60,542, said the Union health ministry on Friday. This is the biggest jump in new infections the country has reported since the outbreak of the disease.
The last biggest jump was of 1,26,789 new cases on Thursday. Also Read | Why insolvency pros are living on the edgeThe central government had stated on Thursday that ten states -- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab -- have shown a steep rise in the daily Covid-19 cases.Among these, Maharashtra continues to be the biggest contributor to the daily tally as the state saw 59,907 new infections on Thursday.