New Delhi: India has reported 2,95,041 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike ever, according to the Union Health Ministry data released on Wednesday.
This is the seventh consecutive day that the country has registered over two lakh Covid cases taking the total tally to 1,56,16,130 cases. India on Tuesday recorded 2,59,170 new cases, Sunday recorded 2,61,500 new cases, 2,34,692 cases on Saturday, 2,00,739 and 2,17,353 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Meanwhile, a total of 2,023 people died of Covid in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 1,82,553 so far. The daily active cases tally rose to 21,57,538.
A total of 1,67,457 patients recovered in the same time span, taking the number of recoveries to 1,32,76,039.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 16,39,357 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
So far, a total of 27,10,53,392 samples have been tested in the country.
According to the government data, a total of 2,99,90,197 people were also vaccinated in the same period, taking the total inoculation count to 13,01,19,310.
Ms Kalinga