July 5: 24,850 new cases, 618 deaths; highest ever in last 24 hours

India reported 24,850 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 6,73,165. A total of 613 people succumbed to the disease in one day, the highest so far. The death toll now stands at 19,268. At least 4,09,082 people have been discharged/recovered from the infection. This is the third consecutive day that COVID infections in the country have increased by more than 20,000 in the country.

Of the 613 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 295 are from Maharashtra, 81 from Delhi, 65 from Tamil Nadu, 42 from Karnataka, 24 from Uttar Pradesh, 21 from Gujarat, 19 from West Bengal, 12 from Andhra Pradesh, nine from Bihar, eight from Jammu and Kashmir, seven from Rajasthan, five each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, and Telangana, two each from Goa and Jharkhand and one from Himachal Pradesh.

Indian express