<p>India’s active <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> cases witnessed a dip for the first time on Saturday when compared to the previous day even as the death toll reported the sharpest spike of 265 in a single day to touch 4,971.</p>.<p>According to the Health Ministry, India had 86,422 active COVID-19 cases as on Saturday morning as against the 89,987 reported on Friday morning. The number of persons discharged from the hospital also witnessed a steep increase by 11,264 as the total number of recoveries settled at 82,370.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-flights-trains-today-schedule-mumbai-delhi-kolkata-bengaluru-maharashtra-gujarat-west-bengal-tamil-nadu-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-4-latest-news-838583.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>The total number of cases also witnessed a sharp increase – 7,964 in a single day – to touch 1,73,763 and was galloping to the two lakh cases mark.</p>.<p>For health authorities, it is the number of active cases that matter as it refers to the patients in hospital who require treatment.</p>.<p>Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state with 62,228 COVID-19 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu (20,246), Delhi (17,386), Gujarat (15,934) and Rajasthan (8,365).</p>.<p>Maharashtra has reported 2,098 deaths, an increase of 116 over Friday, while Delhi has seen 398 cases, a spike of 82 cases in a single day, which is attributed to the state making a course correction in reporting data.</p>.<p>Gujarat has fewer number of COVID-19 cases at 15,934 but with 980 fatalities the state’s death toll is nearly double of that of Tamil Nadu and Delhi.</p>.<p>The Lockdown 4.0 comes to an end on Sunday, with several states asking the Centre to continue restrictions in some form or the other to prevent a further spread of infections.</p>
<p>India’s active <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> cases witnessed a dip for the first time on Saturday when compared to the previous day even as the death toll reported the sharpest spike of 265 in a single day to touch 4,971.</p>.<p>According to the Health Ministry, India had 86,422 active COVID-19 cases as on Saturday morning as against the 89,987 reported on Friday morning. The number of persons discharged from the hospital also witnessed a steep increase by 11,264 as the total number of recoveries settled at 82,370.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-flights-trains-today-schedule-mumbai-delhi-kolkata-bengaluru-maharashtra-gujarat-west-bengal-tamil-nadu-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-4-latest-news-838583.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>The total number of cases also witnessed a sharp increase – 7,964 in a single day – to touch 1,73,763 and was galloping to the two lakh cases mark.</p>.<p>For health authorities, it is the number of active cases that matter as it refers to the patients in hospital who require treatment.</p>.<p>Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state with 62,228 COVID-19 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu (20,246), Delhi (17,386), Gujarat (15,934) and Rajasthan (8,365).</p>.<p>Maharashtra has reported 2,098 deaths, an increase of 116 over Friday, while Delhi has seen 398 cases, a spike of 82 cases in a single day, which is attributed to the state making a course correction in reporting data.</p>.<p>Gujarat has fewer number of COVID-19 cases at 15,934 but with 980 fatalities the state’s death toll is nearly double of that of Tamil Nadu and Delhi.</p>.<p>The Lockdown 4.0 comes to an end on Sunday, with several states asking the Centre to continue restrictions in some form or the other to prevent a further spread of infections.</p>
