Coronavirus: India reports 2,08,921 new COVID-19 cases, conducts highest-ever single-day tests

 Daily count of new cases crossed the 2-lakh mark once again, while the number of deaths recorded were above 4,000.
 

Following a dip below the two-lakh mark, India's daily Covid-19 case tally has once again risen slightly to stand at 2,08,921 on Wednesday morning. India reported 2,08,921 Covid-19 infections on Wednesday.

The country conducted 22,17,320 coronavirus tests, its highest-ever in a day, according to Union Health and Family Welfare data.

As per Health Ministry data, 4,157 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities till date to 3,11,388.

A total of 22,17,320 tests, the highest in a day, were conducted on Tuesday taking the cumulative number so far in the country to 33,48,11,496, while the daily positivity declined to 9.42%, the ministry said.

The updated data showed that the number of active cases have further come down to 24,95,59, constituting 9.19% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 89.66%.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,43,50,816, while the case fatality rate was 1.15%, the data showed.

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