20,903 COVID-19 cases, biggest single-day jump, take India's tally past 6.25-lakh mark; 18,203 dead so far

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: India recorded a record 20,903 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's overall caseload to 6,25,544. Meanwhile, 379 fatalities in last one day took India's death toll to 18,213. 

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Thursday increased by 6,330 - a fresh single-day high - taking the count to 1,86,626, while 125 more patients succumbed to the infection, 57 of them in Mumbai. 

At 6,330, this was the highest-ever single day COVID-19 infections reported in the state and also for the
first time, the case figure went past the 6,000-mark. 

Delhi recorded 2,373 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally in the city to over 92,000-mark, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 2,864. 

On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947, till date. However, in the last five days, the number of fresh cases have oscillated, not showing a particular trend in figures.

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