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India Logs One Lakh Plus COVID-19 Cases For The First Time, Haryana Latest State To Bring Back Restrictions

INDIA Team Latestly|

With 1,03,558 fresh Covid-19 cases, India has seen the biggest-ever daily surge, taking the tally to 1,25,89,067. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 4 held a high-level meet to review the situation. As India battles the second Covid-19 wave, Maharashtra, the worst-hit state in the country, saw the highest-ever daily surge with 57,074 fresh infections on April 4. Mumbai, India's financial capital, also saw the highest-ever single day spike with 11,163 new infections, taking the city's tally to 4,52,445 cases. Delhi also recorded a huge spike of 4000 fresh infections taking the Covid-19 tally to 6,76,414 infections. Chhattisgarh (5,250), Karnataka (4,553) & Uttar Pradesh (4,136) are the other three states that saw the biggest spike in cases in the last 24 hours, the government data shows. Haryana government has imposed restrictions on gatherings, informed state Home Minister Anil Vij on April 4. The last time India recorded the biggest surge in daily infections was on September 17 when 97,894 infections were recorded in a day.