NEW DELHI: In the last 24 hours, as many as 4435 new Covid19 positive cases were reported in India taking the overall tally to 44,733,719. The cases reported on Wednesday are the highest in five months and 13 days.
On Tuesday India reported a total of 3038 new infections. With 4435 Covid19 cases, India witnessed a huge 46% rise in its daily infections.
Four deaths were reported from Maharashtra; one death each was reported from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Puducherry and Rajasthan; and four were reconciled by Kerala.
Meanwhile, as per the updated data, the total count of recovered cases stood at 44,179,712, accounting for 98.76% of the overall tally. There have been 530,916 (1.19%) pandemic-related fatalities thus far, while the number of active patients was 23,091 (0.05%).