Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 1,32,05,926, said the Union health ministry on Saturday morning.
This is the biggest jump in new cases the country has reported since the outbreak of the disease. The infection graph is continuing to see a steep hike and has been crossing the 1-lakh mark for the last three days.
Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a rise in the Covid cases, the ministry said.Among these, Maharashtra continues to be the biggest contributor as the state clocked in 58,993 new Covid cases taking the total number of cases to 32,88,540 on Friday.