On Wednesday, India’s Covid-19 case tally rose past the 76-lakh mark, while active cases fell below the 7.5 lakh mark. The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the third consecutive day, taking India’s Covid-19 caseload to 76,51,107. A total of 54,044 fresh infections were reported in last twenty-four hours, while the death toll climbed to 1,15,914 with 717 fatalities being registered in a span of 24 hours.
Worst affected state in the country so far, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally increased to 16,17,658 with the single-day rise of 8,142 cases. The state also reported 180 deaths, which took the fatality count to 42,633. A total of 23,371 patients were discharged during the day after treatment, taking the tally of recovered people to 14,15,679. With this, the number of active patients in the state stands at 1,58,852.
Delhi recorded as many as 3,686 fresh coronavirus cases. With this, the tally of coronavirus cases in the state has mounted to over 3.40 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 6,128. Forty-seven fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The case tally stands at 3,40,436 in the national capital, including 3,10,191 patients who have recovered. The number of active cases currently stands at 24,117.
Rajasthan recorded 14 more fatalities due to Covid-19, taking the death toll due to the disease in the state to 1,778. The state also reported 1,810 fresh cases in last 24 hours, pushing the total number of people infected with Covid-19 to 178,933. Meanwhile, 157,960 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from various hospitals of the state till now.
Gujarat’s tally of coronavirus cases rose to 162,985 after 1,137 new cases were reported in last 24 hours. With nine new fatalities, the death toll in the state rose to 3,663. As many as 1,180 patients were discharged from various hospitals across the state, which pushed the recovery count to 145,107.
Poll-bound Bihar’s Covid-19 tally rose to 2,08,237 as 1,277 more people tested positive for the infection, while eight fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 1,019. As many as 1,319 more people have been cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,96,208.
Haryana reported 1,193 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections in the state to 1,53,367, while 14 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,674. There are 10,187 active cases in the state, while the recovery rate is 92.27 per cent.
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday saw a drop in cases, with 3,094 patients testing positive for Covid-19, taking the overall tally to 6,94,030. The death toll rose to 10,471 after 50 more people succumbed to the virus.
Karnataka reported 5,872 new Covid-19 cases, 9,289 discharges and 88 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 1,00,440, discharges to 67,1618 and death toll to 10,696.