Also Read | Inside Mumbai’s new extortion economyFive states -- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh -- cumulatively account for over 79% of the total Covid-19 active cases in the country, the health ministry said on Wednesday.Among these, Maharashtra continues to be the biggest contributor to the daily tally.
The state reported 39,544 fresh coronavirus infections on Wednesday.In addition to this, 459 more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll in the country to 1,62,927.
The fatality count has seen a major jump when compared to Wednesday, when the number stood at 354.As many as 40,382 people recuperate from the disease in the same duration.