India records 2,887 Covid deaths, 1.34 lakh fresh cases, active cases over 17 lakh

India has recorded 1,34,154 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours along with 2,887 deaths. Tamil Nadu and Kerala continue to be the states posting the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in the country.

Top five states which have registered maximum cases are Tamil Nadu with 25,317 cases, followed by Kerala with 19,661 cases, Karnataka with 16,387 cases, Maharashtra with 15,169 cases and Andhra Pradesh with 12,768 cases.

With the fresh spike in cases, India’s total number of Covid-19 cases now stand at 2,84,41,986. The total Covid-19 death toll has now touched 3,37,989.

India has recorded 1.34 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in a day. 66.58% of the new cases have been reported from the five states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu alone is responsible for 18.87% of the fresh Covid-19 cases.

India has also recorded 2,887 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Maximum casualties have been reported in Maharashtra where 553 died on Wednesday, followed by Tamil Nadu with 483 deaths.

India's recovery rate now stands at 92.79%. A total of 2,11,499 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, which brings the total recoveries to 2,63,90,584 across the country. India's active caseload now stands at 17,13,413. In the last 24 hours, active cases have declined by 80,232.

India has administered a total of 24,26,265 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total number of doses administered to 22,10,43,693. A total of 21,59,873 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.