India reported the year’s biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday with 28,903 new infections, data from the health ministry showed. Total cases in the country have now risen to 1,14,38,734, the highest in the world after the United States and Brazil.
This was the biggest jump since December 13, when India recorded 30,254 new cases, according to PTI.
Deaths increased by 188 to 1,59,044 in the past 24 hours. This is the highest toll in around two months.
As many as 1,10,45,284 people in India have recovered from the infection, while the active caseload surged to 2,34,406.
Tuesday was the sixth straight day when India recorded more than 20,000 infections, even as restrictions to rein in the pandemic expanded in parts of the country.
More than 3.48 crore coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered since the inoculation campaign started in mid-January, the health ministry said in a statement. Of these, 19.11 lakh vaccine doses were given till Tuesday 7 pm.
