India on Wednesday recorded a spike of 44,281 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 86,36,012. The death toll due to Covid-19 has reached 1,27,571 with 512 new fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The total number of active cases now stands at 4,94,657 after a decrease of 6,557 in the last 24 hours. Total recovered cases are at 80,13,784 with 50,326 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate for COVID-19 in India stood at 92.79% while the death rate was 1.5 %.
On Tuesday, the national capital recorded its sharpest single-day spike of 7,830 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total number of virus cases to over 4.5 lakh, and 83 more deaths — the highest since June 16.
The fresh infections, which took the city’s case count to 4,51,382, came out of 59,035 tests conducted the previous day.
The sudden spike in Covid-19 cases comes amid the festive season and rising pollution level, which aggravates every winter due to stubble burning in neighbouring states – Punjab, Haryana.
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