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Covid-19 update: India records biggest spike in new cases in over 4 months
Also Read | Field report: A groundswell of anti-incumbency in Mamata’s BengalWednesday's number is also a steep hike when compared to a day ago when the daily cases had seen a slight decline and rested at 40,715.Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu have reported a surge in new infections and accounted for 80.90% of the cases.Among these, Maharashtra continues to be the biggest contributor as the state clocked in 28,699 fresh infections in the last 24 hours.In addition to this, the death toll in the country has reached 1,60,441 with 275 more people succumbing to the disease in the same duration.