India recorded 28,903 fresh Coronavirus cases, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the country’s infection tally to 1,14,38,734, the Union health ministry data on Wednesday showed.
The death count due to the infection increased to 1,59,044 with 188 more fatalities being recorded in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering an increase for the seventh day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 2,34,406, which now comprises 2.05% of the total infections, while with 1,10,45,284 recovered cases, the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.56%, the data stated.
A total of 17,741 recoveries have been made in the last 24 hours.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
Surjitt Sahani
