Covid-19 update: India records biggest spike in fatalities this year, active tally inching towards 5-lakh mark

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India clocked in 62,714 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 1,19,71,624, said the Union health ministry on Sunday.

The new infections reported only a slight jump as compared to Saturday, when the country had seen 62,258 more people testing positive for the virus.

However, it is still is the biggest spike in new infections recorded in the country this year and the highest in over 160 days. India had last seen over 62,000 new cases on 16 October last year.

Six states -- Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh -- account for 79.57% of the daily new infections, the health ministry had stated on Saturday.

Among these, Maharashtra continues to be the biggest contributor to the daily tally. The state had 35,726 more people testing positive for Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending on Saturday evening.

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