Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, said the Union health ministry on Wednesday morning. After the surge, the cumulative caseload in the country has risen to 2,33,40,938.This comes in the backdrop of several states, which were earlier showing a record spike, having started recording a downward trend.
Maharashtra, where infections had risen close to 70,000 once, saw 40,956 more people testing positive on Tuesday. In addition to this, the daily fatalities saw a huge jump in the last 24 hours with 4,205 more people succumbing to the disease.
With this, the cumulative death toll in India crossed the grim 2.5 lakh mark and is resting at 2,54,197. However, on the brighter side, the country saw more discharges than fresh infections with 3,55,338 people.