NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday became the 12th nation to register over 75,000 Covid-19 cases, crossing the milestone on a day when the country logged the second highest single-day count of both new cases and deaths, even as Maharashtra zoomed past the 25,000 mark in cases recorded so far.
As many as 3,783 cases were added to India’s coronavirus count, second only to Sunday’s record of 4,308. The numbers were significantly buoyed by 1,495 new cases detected in Maharashtra, even as other Covid-hit states such as Tamil Nadu (509 new cases), Gujarat (364), Delhi (359), Rajasthan (202) and MP (187) continued to add high numbers.
The Covid-19 death toll in Delhi crossed 100, as 20 fatalities were added on Wednesday, by far the highest so far. The day’s toll across India was 140, again the second-highest till date, with deaths surging in Maharashtra, which reported its highe