The rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in India has made it the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world as it surpassed Spain on Saturday. In India, there are 2,44,000 coronavirus cases currently. The USA, Brazil, Russia and the UK are other four worst affected countries.
On Saturday, India saw its biggest spike as 9,887 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths in India due to Covid-19 are 6,642 including 294 deaths reported on Saturday. India currently has more than 1 lakh active cases as the number of cases have risen crossing 8,000 figures daily in the last week.
Maharashtra, Delhi and Gujarat are the worst-hit states. While Maharashtra tops the charts, on Saturday too, it reported 2,739 cases and 120 deaths, taking its total to 82,968. Delhi reported 1320 new cases in 24 hours taking the tally to 27,654 cases. Tamil Nadu reported 1,458 coronavirus cases on Saturday.