New Delhi: India recorded 1,84,372 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours to take the overall tally to 13,87,825 on Wednesday. The Union Health Ministry data says this a single-day record since the start of the pandemic.
As many as 1,027 more people succumbed to the infectio
n in the last 24 hours, which took the toll to 1,72,085.
India is the fourth-worst COVID-affected country in the world after the number of active cases surged to 13,65,704.
A total of 83,339 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The total number of recoveries stands at 1,23,36,036 with a recovery rate of 88.92 per cent.
According to the Health Ministry, a total of 14,11,758 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. Till date, 26,06,18,866 samples have been tested.