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Coronavirus update: India has again recorded over 76,472, new coronavirus cases in a day, taking its total caseload to 3,468,272. The country’s trajectory of daily new cases of the coronavirus disease is now the highest ever recorded by any country. This means that the outbreak in India currently is worse than it was at the peak in the United States (US) – the worst-hit nation in the world. With 1,019 fatalities reported on Friday, the country has overtaken Mexico as the nation with 3rd-highest Covid deaths. The toll now stands at 62,713.

Five most affected Indian states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (747,995), Tamil Nadu (409,238), Andhra Pradesh (403,616), Karnataka (318,000), and Uttar Pradesh (213,824). Delhi recorded 1,808 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 1,69,412. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has quarantined himself after two Congress MLAs who met him during the Assembly session on Friday tested positive for the disease.