People gather at a market on the last Friday of Ramadan after the government eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in the old quarters of New Delhi on May 22, 2020. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
India recorded 6,654 new cases in the past 24 hours — the country’s biggest one-day surge in cases so far, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
This raises the nationwide total to 125,101 cases and 3,720 deaths.
The western state of Maharashtra is the hardest hit in the country, with 44,582 cases and 1,517 deaths.
This comes as domestic flights resume in India. The government announced that domestic airlines would be able to resume services starting next week, though some states have said incoming passengers would still be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
