With 22,771 people tests positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 6,48,315

New Delhi: With 22,771 people tests positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities.

Coronavirus Meanwhile, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226. There are 2,35,433 active cases of coronavirus presently in the country.

Around 60.80 percent of patients have recovered so far with the epidemic.

CoronavirusOf the 442 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 198 are from Maharashtra, 64 from Tamil Nadu, 59 from Delhi, 21 from Karnataka, 18 each from Gujarat and West Bengal, 14 from Uttar Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan and eight each from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Adding on, five from Punjab, four each from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, three from Bihar and two each from Assam and Odisha.