India recorded a spike of 37,148 new COVID-19 cases and 587 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday.
Total cases in the country now stand at 11,55,191 while the death toll is 28,084. The Health Ministry said the total number of cases includes 4,02,529 active cases and 7,24,578 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.
Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 3,18,695 cases and 12,030 deaths.
The second worst-hit state, Tamil Nadu has reported 1,75,678 COVID-19 cases so far while Delhi has reported 1,23,747 cases, according to the Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, as per the information provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 1,43,81,303 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to July 20. Of these 3,33,395 were tested yesterday.
