India reported a record 3,780 Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday, its highest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic. With the latest addition, the country’s coronavirus fatalities have risen to 2,26,188.
India also logged 3,82,315 fresh Covid-19 infections during the last 24 hours, pushing the total caseload to 2,06,65,148 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as many as 1.69 crore people have recovered from the virus in the country.
However, due to rising number of fatalities, the national recovery rate dropped to 82.03 per cent on Wednesday.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases surged to 34,87,229 comprising 16.87 per cent of the total infections.
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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. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 29,48,52,078 samples have been tested up to May 5 with 15,41,299 samples being tested on Tuesday.
The 3,780 new fatalities include 891 from Maharashtra, 351 rom Uttar Pradesh, 338 from Delhi, 288 from Karnataka, 210 from Chhattisgarh, 173 from Punjab, 154 from Rajasthan, 153 from Haryana, 144 from Tamil Nadu, 132 from Jharkhand, 131 from Gujarat, 107 from West Bengal and 105 from Bihar.
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A total of 2,26,188 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 71,742 from Maharashtra, 17,752 from Delhi, 16,538 from Karnataka, 14,612 from Tamil Nadu, 13,798 from Uttar Pradesh, 11,744 from West Bengal, 9,645 from Punjab and 9,485 from Chhattisgarh.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
(With PTI inputs)
