Spike continues: India records 1,03,558 new cases in past 24 hours 

This is the first time India recorded over 1 lakh cases in a period of 24 hours this year. This is the highest single -day spike recorded by the country since the pandemic started.

The country also recorded 478 deaths during the same period, taking the death toll to 165101.

There are 741830 active cases in the country at present.

So far, 11682136 people have been discharged from hospital.

Situation in Maharashtra:

Maharashtra State on Sunday reported 57,074 new COVID-19 cases, highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the virus, taking the total number of infections in the state to 30,10,597, the state health department said.

Besides, 222 more deaths were also reported from corona, taking the death toll to 55,878.

Meanwhile, 27,508 patients recovered and were discharged, pushing the total number of recoveries to 25,22,823.

The state government has so far tested 2,05,40,111 samples for the disease.

With this, the recovery rate has sharply gone down and currently stands at 83.8 per cent while fatality rate is 1.86 per cent.

At present, 4,30,503 active patients across the state are undergoing treatment at different COVID centres and hospitals, they added.

In view of raising cases, the state government on Sunday issued orders to impose strict restrictions in day time, night curfew and weekend lockdown across the state, giving exemption to industries, transport and emergency services.

Maharashtra has been the most-affected state in the country.