India sees biggest jump in Covid cases today, tally rises to 4.73 lakhs
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the country of 1.3 billion people, on Thursday registered the biggest daily spike in Novel Coronavirus cases as the total number of infections in 36 states and union territories touched 4.73 lakhs.
With the new 16,922 cases, India's Covid-19 tally is now 4,73,105.
418 Covid patients have died in the last 24 days taking the toll to 14,894.
Maharashtra, the worst-affected state, has so far reported 1,42,900 cases including 6,739 deaths.
Meanwhile, the eastern state of West Bengal of more than nine crore people on Wednesday extended the anti-Covid lockdown in containment zones (where active cases are reported) till Jul 31.
The containment zones across the country are now under lockdown which will continue till the end of June.
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