The total official number of Covid-19 cases in India jumped by 9,987 since the last update yesterday to reach 2,66,598 today, according to Union Health ministry data.
A total of 7,466 people are now dead, while 1,29,215 people have been cured/discharged.
The number of currently active
coronavirus cases stands at 1,29,917.
Yesterday, cases of confirmed infection in Mumbai went past the 50,000 mark. It continues to have the most number of cases by far among India's cities.
As usual, in the past 24 hours too, the highest number of new cases came from Maharashtra.
Global confirmed cases were at 70,85,894 today morning, the number of active cases being 35,00,247. As many as 4,05,168 people have died worldwide so far, with US alone accounting for more than 1,12,579 fatalities.