COVID-19: India breaches 1-lakh daily mark for the first time

New Delhi, Apr 05: India on Monday crossed 1-Lakh mark in daily COVID-19 cases for the first time ever, taking the country's tally surged to 1,25,89,067. A total of 478 new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours which pushed the death toll from the virus to 165,101.

The previous high was achieved on September 16 last year, when 97,894 positive cases were reported.

Maharashtra cotinues to be the worst-affected state, which alone saw the biggest-ever spike in cases with 57,074 fresh infections.

Mumbai also saw the highest-ever single-day spike with 11,163 new infections, taking the city's tally to 4,52,445 cases.