Covid update: PM Modi speaks to CMs; global deaths cross 6 lakh; Big B's tweet

India registered its highest single day spike in Covid cases taking the total to over 10,77, 618 cases.

However, in some positive news, Health Ministry officials said that India's fatality rate at 2.49%, is among the lowest in the world.

Meanwhile, PM Modi spoke to Chief Ministers from seven states to take stock of the situation and the measures being implemented to tackle the crisis.

Big B Amitabh Bachchan, who has tested positive for Covid tweeted a poem penned by his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan as a tribute to health workers.

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