On Monday, 352,991 fresh coronavirus infections were reported in India, taking the cumulative caseload to 17,313,163, as per the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Amid a back-breaking situation of oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in India, the country saw 2,812 deaths in the highest single-day spike. As of now, the death toll from the deadly infection of Covid19 stands at 195,116. India now has more than 2.8 million active cases.

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Hospitals in Delhi and other places across the country are turning away patients after running out of medical oxygen and beds. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has extended a lockdown in the capital that had been due to end on Monday for a week. Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences have found out that one patient is now infecting up to nine in 10 contacts, compared with up to four last year. In virological & epidemiological terms, this means that this recent wave is seeing a Basic Reproduction Number or R0 of 9-10.

On Sunday, Maharashtra logged 832 Covid19 related fatalities, which is the highest-ever single-day spike since the pandemic started to grapple the world early last year. After the inclusion of today’s count, the death toll in the state has reached 64,760.  Today as many as 66,191 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported from Maharashtra.

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In India, the six most affected states by total number of cases are Maharashtra (4,161,676), Kerala (1,322,054), Karnataka (1,247,997), Tamil Nadu (1,037,711), and Andhra Pradesh (997,462), Uttar Pradesh (976,765) and Delhi (956,348).