COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike this year

Source: PTI - Edited By: Roshneesh Kmaneck

March 17, 2021 10:34 IST

India recorded 28,903 new coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to government data updated on Wednesday.

IMAGE: A healthworker collects a swab sample from a woman amidst the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a bus station, in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months, 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 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.56 per cent, the data stated.

As many as 30,254 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 13.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,45,284, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.39 per cent, the data stated.

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.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 22,92,49,784 samples have been tested up to March 16 with 9,69,021 samples being tested on Tuesday.

Get Rediff News in your Inbox:

Source: PTI - Edited By: Roshneesh Kmaneck© Copyright 2024 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.