coronavirus cases across India today jumped by 12,881 in past 24 hours taking the overall tally to 3,66,946 today. This is the highest single-day jump in covid cases.
At the same time, total number of recoveries jumped to 1,94,324 while the number of active cases stood at 1,60,384. In past 24 hours, 7,390 people were cured of Covid infection.
The recovery rate stood at 52.95%. As of Wednesday, about 62.5 lakh samples were tested for Covid while in the past 24 hours, 1.65 lakh samples were tested.
Meanwhile, overall death toll climbed to 12,237 with 334 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country had recorded a massive spike of 2,003 deaths on Wednesday following a data reconciliation exercise carried out by.