New Delhi : The daily tally for fresh coronavirus infections crossed 17,000 in the country. Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, reported 5,000 new cases on Wednesday. The virus situation is severe in Delhi and states of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana Gujarat, and West Bengal.
Countrywide fatality numbers have exceeded 15,000 and than 4.90 lakh of the population is currently infected by the virus. The Health Ministry put infection numbers at 16,922 and 418 in the past 24 hours around the country, the highest single-day spike in infections and deaths so far. Meanwhile, the national recovery rate rose to 57.43 percent on Wednesday.
