Covid LIVE: 303 districts reporting decline in case positivity, says govt

Coronavirus live updates: India witnessed a spike of 276,110 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday. However, the new infection count remained below the 300,000-mark for the fourth consecutive day. The total caseload stands at 25,772,440, according to MoHFW. Meanwhile, India reported 3,874 new deaths, taking the death toll to 287,122.

With 34,875 cases reported in the past 24 hours, Tamil Nadu is leading the state list. It is followed by Karnataka with 34,281 new infections. Maharashtra reported 34,031 cases, Kerala 32,762 and Andhra Pradesh 23,160 cases. The case count was 19,006 for West Bengal.

The six most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,467,537), Karnataka (2,306,655), Kerala (2,233,468), Tamil Nadu (1,699,225), Uttar Pradesh (1,644,851), and Delhi (1,406,719).

World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe with 165,537,819 infected by the deadly contagion. While 145,789,557 have recovered, 3,431,009 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 33,802,324, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey. However, in the past seven days, India has added the highest number of fresh cases at 2,154,718, followed by the Brazil (450,437) and US (217,208).