India registered 92,596 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 2,219 casualties in the past 24 hours, according to the data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the country had recorded a 63-day low of 86,498 cases.
The fresh addition took the active case tally to 12,31,415, while the death toll soared to 3,15,235, and the cumulative caseload now stands at 2,90,89,069.
The active caseload in the country is 12,31,415, less than 13 lakh after 57 days comprising 4.23 per cent of the total infections, while 2,75,04,126 people have recovered from disease so far amounting 94.55 per cent of recovery rate. The case fatality rate stands at 1.22 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 37,01,93,563 samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Of this, 19,85,967 were tested in the past one day.
On the vaccination front, a total of 23,90,58,360 people have been vaccinated across the country till now with 27,76,096 inoculated in the last 24 hours.
