Record spike of over 45,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours in India

1,129 casualties were recorded in the last 24 hours

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India registered a record 45,720 cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, pushing the country's tally to 12,38,635. The death toll due to the disease rose to 29,861, with 1,129 casualties in the last 24 hours. At the same time, recoveries surged to 7,82,606, with 29,557 people having recuperated in a day.

On Wednesday, the south Indian states—Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala—had achieved an unenviable record when all of them reported the biggest single day spike in coronavirus caseloads, with the highest exceeding the 6,000 mark in AP.

Collectively, the fresh infections from the four states totalled 17,696, as the Union Territory of Puducherry reported another 124 new cases. Andhra Pradesh topped the chart with 6,045 cases while Tamil Nadu came second at 5,849. Karnataka reported 4,764 cases, with 2,050 of them coming from the capital city Bengaluru, where a week-long lockdown clamped to prevent the spread of the virus ended this morning, even as the government had ruled out its extension.

Kerala, witnessing a spurt in cases after managing to keep the numbers down earlier, saw 1,038 persons getting infected with the virus on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh also registered 6,494 discharges and 65 deaths, all new single day high, taking the aggregate number of cases to 64,713 and the toll to 823 on Wednesday.

The state now has 31,763 active cases after a total of 32,127 recoveries.