Covid-19 cases are on the uphill in India in the midst of the second wave of pandemic. Hotspot of Covid-19, Maharashtra reported 67,160 new  infections and 676 deaths on April 24. Bihar registered 12,359 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active cases in state to 81,960. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu reported over 14k new cases each. Gujarat recorded 14,097 and Tamil Nadu reported 14,842 new cases. Karnataka registered 29438 fresh infections and 208 deaths on April 24.