While the number of positive coronavirus cases in India rose to 694, the toll rose to 16 on Thursday, the health ministry said. 44 people have recovered from the infection.

The states of Kerala and Maharashtra are the worst affected by the COVID-19, with 125 and 124 cases, respectively.

India has recorded the highest single-day spike in fresh cases of novel coronavirus with the number crossing 1,500 and the death toll due to Covid-19 has crossed 50. The cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra, which is one of the worst-affected states by the pandemic, have gone up substantially, reports said on Tuesday adding that there are now 320 positive cases in the state.Meanwhile, 15 people who attended the 2020 Markaz (in Nizamuddin, Delhi) and their relatives have been diagnosed coronavirus positive in Telangana. At present, 77 active positive cases are being treated in various hospitals of state: Telangana Public Health & Family Welfare Department

Also thirteen new cases of coronavirus were reported in Karnataka in the last 21 hours, reports said. The total number of positive cases in the state rose to 101, including three deaths and eight discharged/cured cases.