India on Wednesday reported 1,15,736 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day hike since the outbreak of the pandemic, pushing the tally to 1,28,01,785.
This is the second day when the cases have breached the 1-lakh mark, the country had registered 1,03,558 cases.
With 630 daily new fatalities, the death toll also increased to 1,66,177. The total recoveries increased to 1,17,92,135.
It is for the 28th straight day in a row that the active cases are seeing an upward tend to stand at 8,43,473.
As many as 25,14, 39,598 samples have been tested till now with 12,08, 339 samples being tested on Tuesday, as per the the ICMR.