Coronavirus Live Updates: A record single-day spike of 86,432 cases has pushed India's coronavirus tally past 40-lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The total number of cases now stands at 40,23,179, which is a few cases behind Brazil, the world's second-worst affected nation after the United States.

The country witnessed 1,089 Covid-related deaths during the period taking the total death count to 69,561.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, and Andhra Pradesh account for 70 percent of the total COVID-19 deaths in the country, according to the Union Health Ministry.