India recorded 200,739 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours,setting another grim one-day record, taking the overall tally to 14,074,564 onThursday, according to the data issued by the Union Health Ministry.
India has been the world's worst-hit country since April2, forcing various states to impose strict curbs to control the virus.
The five most affected states by total cases areMaharashtra with 3,578,160 cases, Kerala with1, 172,882 cases, Karnataka with1,094,912 cases, Tamil Nadu with 940,145 cases, and Andhra Pradesh with 928,664cases.
India's daily deaths due to Covid are also rising with1,038 new deaths reported in last 24 hours, the second consecutive day withover thousand deaths. This took the overall death toll in the country to1,73,123.
A total of 93,528 patients recovered in the same timespan, taking the number of recoveries to 1,24,29,564 with a recovery rate of88.31 per cent.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 13,84,549samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 26,20,03,415 samples have been tested in thecountry.
According to the government data, a total of 33,13,848people were also vaccinated in the same period, taking the total inoculationcount to 11,44,93,238.
As many as 1,037 people succumbed to the disease, whichincreased the death toll to 173,152. A total of 83,339 patients recovered inthe last 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 1,23,36,036 with arecovery rate of 88.92 per cent.