IMAGE: A worker adjusts a protective face mask on a mannequin at a garment shop after shops reopened as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
India recorded the highest single-day spike of 9,996 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 2,86,579, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare.
With as many as 357 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll has increased to 8,102. Out of the total number of cases, 1,37,448 are active, while 1,41,029 have been cured/discharged/migrated.
Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 94,041 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu (36,841) and Delhi (32,810).