Amravati, Sep 2 (PTI)A record spike of 218 cases on Wednesday took Amravati district's COVID-19 count past the 6,000-mark to 6,116, an official said.

The death of 65-year-old man from Badnera took the toll to 136, the civil surgeon's office said in a statement.

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The previous highest one-day spike of 206 cases was posted on August 28.

It was the 23rd single-day 100-plus spike and 11th on successive days since August 23.

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Also, 169 patients were discharged, taking the number of recovered cases to 4,586, the statement said.

This has left 1,394 active cases, it added.

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