India reports rise in daily new COVID-19 infections, 648 deaths in 24 hours

In an alarming sign, India on Wednesday reported a single-day rise in the daily cases of new coronavirus infections across the country.

According to the Union Health Ministry data, India reported 37,593 new COVID-19 cases and 648 deaths in the last 24 hours. During this period, the country reported a total of 34,169 recoveries, the data showed.

The Health Ministry data further stated that the active COVID-19 cases in the country have increased to 3,22,327.

“The total tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 3,25,12,366 and the death toll climbed to 4,35,758 with 648 fresh fatalities,” according to the data updated at 8 AM.

The active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections, it said. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent, the Ministry said.

An increase of 2,776 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

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