New Delhi: India recorded 53,480 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
With this, the total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 1,21,49,335.
On the other hand, the death count increased to 1,62,468 with 354 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
While the active case count reached 552,566, the recoveries have surged to 1,14,34,301, the data showed.
Six states in the country continued to report a surge in Covid-19 cases. These are Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
Globally, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 reached 128,788,958 on Wednesday, according to data by world meter. The US, Brazil and India occupy the first, second and third positions, respectively in terms of the caseload of Covid-19.
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