Covid-19: India reports 1,84,372 daily cases, death toll at 6-month high of 1,027

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday reported a record single-day rise of 1,84,372 new Covid-19 cases with more than a thousand deaths in the last 24 hours, as the country reels under the second wave of coronavirus.
The death toll increased to 1,72,085 with 1,027 daily new fatalities the highest since October 18 2020, the Union health ministry data updated at 8 am showed.

Registering a steady increase for the 35th day in a row, the active cases increased to 13,65,704, comprising 9.84 per cent of the total infections.

The active caseload was at its lowest at 1, 35,926 on February 12 and it was at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,23,36,036, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.24 per cent, the data stated.
Meanwhile, the national Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped for the third day in a row to 88.92 per cent.

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 (ICMR), 26,06,18,866 samples have been tested up to April 13 with 14,11,75 samples being tested on Tuesday.
(With inputs from PTI)