The state's single-day death toll scaled a new peak of 773 -- up from the previous high of 568 notched on April 21/22 -- taking its overall fatality numbers to 63,252, the worst in the country
Out of the total Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday, 6,25,857 are currently active, 72,01,070 have been discharged, while 1,19,502 lost the battle against the pandemic.
According to official figures, there were 12,872 new cases on Saturday, while a further 49 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19.