In a shocking development, India has reported its highest-ever single-day spike of coronavirus cases more than 2.73 lakh fresh cases and over 1,600 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the Union Health Ministry on Monday, the country has recorded 2,73,810 new coronavirus cases, taking the total Covid-19 tally to 150,61,919. The active cases in India stand at 19,29,329 while 129,53,821 people have recovered from the virus.
The total death toll is now 1,78,769 after the country reported 1,619 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The country has also reported 1,44,178 discharges yesterday.
As per the official data, as many as 12,38,52,566 people have been vaccinated so far. On the other hand, most of the states are struggling to ensure sufficient availability of oxygen for Covid patients as the nation remained to witness a rise in Covid-19 cases.