India Records Over 93,000 Cases, 500 Deaths in Highest Single-Day COVID Spike in 6 Months

New Delhi: In the highest single-day spike in six months, India has recorded 93,249 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, showed data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday morning. The fresh spike takes active COVID-19 cases in the country to 6,91,597 and India’s total tally from the pandemic to 1,24,85,509. This is the biggest surge in COVID-19 cases in India since late September.

The Health Ministry data said 513 coronavirus deaths were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to  1,64,623.

Meanwhile, 60,048 COVID patients recuperated from the disease, taking the total recoveries to 1,16,29,289.