India saw a record single-day jump of 40,425 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally past the 11-lakh mark today, while the total number of recoveries crossed 7 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day. India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 11-lakh mark, just three days after it crossed the ten-lakh mark. There are 3,90,459 active cases in the country, while 7,00,086 people have recovered and one person has migrated. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners. This is the fifth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 30,000 and the first time that the single-day spike has crossed the 40,000-mark.

Karnataka’s Kalaburgi district has decided to extend the lockdown till July 27 in view of the rising cases of Covid-19. Karnataka yesterday reported 4,120 new COVID-19 cases and 91 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 63,772 and the death toll to 1,331, the Health department said. The day also saw 1,290 patients getting discharged after recovery. Of 4,120 fresh cases reported on Sunday, a whopping 2,156 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone. Karnataka crossed the 10 lakh tests milestone yesterday from about 88 labs in the state.

As of July 19 evening, cumulatively 63,772 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 1,331 deaths and 23,065 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin. It said, out of 39,370 active cases, 38,791 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 579 are in ICU. Thirty-six out of 91 deaths reported on Sunday were from Bengaluru Urban, followed by Mysuru (11), Kolar (5), four each from Dharwad, Gadag and Koppal, three each from Ballari, Kalaburagi and Bidar.

Meanwhile, sources say the UP government can today give nod to facility of home quarantine for asymptomatic patients. Demand for allowing home quarantine to asymptomatic cases or patients with very mild symptoms has been growing up for past few days. Recently, the matter was also taken up by the Allahabad High court. Centre guidelines allow home quarantine in asymptomatic cases. However UP had so far not allowed the same and was sending such patients to L1 Covid hospitals. Now, as number of cases are rising and complaints of lack of adequate medical infrastructure are coming from various districts, home quarantine could be permitted.