Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra tally tops 600,000 with 8,493 fresh cases

Coronavirus update: India has recorded 57,981 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 2,667,973. With over 961 fatalities reported on Sunday, the country's death toll has surged to 51,280. India, the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, has added 431,983 cases in the past 7 days alone. India has left even the US and Brazil behind in seven-day average of daily new coronavirus cases.
 

Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (595,865), Tamil Nadu (338,055), Andhra Pradesh (289,829), Karnataka (226,966), and Delhi (152,580). 
 

Coronavirus world update: As many as 21,877,642 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While more than 14,598,743 have recovered, 773,855 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 5,570,145 cases. It is followed by Brazil, which has 3,340,197. However, with the highest seven-day average of daily new cases and upwardly moving graph of fatality figures, India is increasingly appearing to be the global hub of coronavirus.

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