NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 count in the country continues to rise sharply, with each day’s fresh cases surpassing the previous day’s high. As many as 388 new infections were reported on Wednesday — up from 315 on Tuesday — as Tamil Nadu registered a three-figure number for the second straight day and Andhra Pradesh more than doubled its count of cases overnight.
India’s Covid-19 count stood at 1,996 at 11.45pm on Wednesday, having galloped from close to 1,000 to nearly double that number in four days.
Mumbai recorded as many as six covid-19 deaths in a span of 24 hours on Wednesday although local authorities have confirmed only two.
Coronavirus infections also rose sharply in Delhi to a new single-day high of 32 while the spread of the virus appeared to slow a bit in the worst-hit state, Maharashtra, which reported 33 fresh cases, down from 82 on Tuesday.
Rajasthan (27), Kerala (24) and MP (20) were the other states to report big single-day numbers. At least nine more people died of the infection in the country in the past 24 hours.
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