India records highest single-day spike with 14,516 new COVID-19 cases; tally crosses 3.9 lakh

With the highest single-day spike of 14,516 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 tally in India crossed 3.9 lakh mark on Saturday (June 20, 2020). The total number of infected persons in India has mounted to 3,95,048, while the death toll rose to 12,948, as per the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday morning.

The total cases include 1,68,269 are active cases while at least 2,13,831 people have been cured of the infection.

The country has registered as many as 14,516 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 375 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state by the deadly virus outbreak in the country with the total number of positive cases in the state rising to 1,24,331 and 5,893 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. 

While Tamil Nadu remains the second-worst hit in the country with 54,449 Covid-19 cases and 666 deaths, Delhi is the third most affected by Covid-19 with 53,116 confirmed cases and 2,035d deaths, followed by Gujarat (26,141cases, 1,618 deaths), Rajasthan (14,156 cases, 333 deaths), and Madhya Pradesh (11,582 cases, 495 deaths).

Here's the state-wise list of coronavirus cases across India:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	10	35	0	45
2	Andhra Pradesh	3948	3917	96	7961
3	Arunachal Pradesh	92	11	0	103
4	Assam	1856	3039	9	4904
5	Bihar	2033	5098	50	7181
6	Chandigarh	60	315	6	381
7	Chhattisgarh	687	1331	10	2028
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	48	14	0	62
9	Delhi	27512	23569	2035	53116
10	Goa	607	118	0	725
11	Gujarat	6364	18159	1618	26141
12	Haryana	4710	4889	144	9743
13	Himachal Pradesh	223	388	8	619
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2411	3194	75	5680
15	Jharkhand	622	1332	11	1965
16	Karnataka	2947	5210	124	8281
17	Kerala	1380	1511	21	2912
18	Ladakh	648	95	1	744
19	Madhya Pradesh	2339	8748	495	11582
20	Maharashtra	55665	62773	5893	124331
21	Manipur	463	218	0	681
22	Meghalaya	10	33	1	44
23	Mizoram	129	1	0	130
24	Nagaland	73	125	0	198
25	Odisha	1369	3297	11	4677
26	Puducherry	161	118	7	286
27	Punjab	1104	2636	92	3832
28	Rajasthan	2826	10997	333	14156
29	Sikkim	65	5	0	70
30	Tamil Nadu	23512	30271	666	54449
31	Telangana	2975	3353	198	6526
32	Tripura	520	657	1	1178
33	Uttarakhand	718	1433	26	2177
34	Uttar Pradesh	5659	9638	488	15785
35	West Bengal	5258	7303	529	13090
	Cases being reassigned to states	9265			9265
	Total#	168269	213831	12948	395048

The recovery rate in India stands at 54.12 percent. As per ICMR, 66,16,496 samples have been tested in India till 19th June and 1,89,869 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.