Covid-19 India Update: Huge Spike of over 12,000 Recorded With 37,593 New Cases

New Delhi: India on Wednesday logged 37,593 new coronavirus infections, marking a massive spike from a previous day tally of 25,467 cases reported on Tuesday. The cases rose by more than 12,000 as 12,126 more cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The active cases in the country also increased marginally to 3,22,327, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The data shows that the total tally of Covid-19 cases increased to 3,25,12,366 and the death toll climbed to 4,35,758 with 648 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

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The active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections.

The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 2,776 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The death toll has climbed to 4,35,758 with 648 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8



am.

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The 648 new fatalities include 288 from Maharashtra and 173 from Kerala.

A total of 4,35,758 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,36,355 from Maharashtra, 37,184 from Karnataka, 34,761 from Tamil Nadu, 25,079 from Delhi, 22,794 from Uttar Pradesh, 19,757 from Kerala and 18,383 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Also, 17,92,755 tests were conducted on Tuesday, taking the cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 51,11,84,547.

The country has so far vaccinated 59,55,04,593 beneficiaries so far, while out of these 61,90,930 people were insulated in the last 24 hours.