India on Thursday registered 22,854 coronavirus cases – the highest in about two-and-a-half months, taking the country’s total tally to 1,12,85,561, data from the health ministry showed. The country last recorded such an increase in daily cases 76 days ago, on December 25, with 23,067 infections, according to PTI.
The toll on Thursday increased to 1,58,189 with 126 more deaths reported in 24 hours. The active cases went up to 1,89,226, constituting 1.68% of the total infections. The recoveries reached 1,09,38,146.
A total of 2,56,85,011 vaccine doses have been administered so far. Of these, 13,17,357 were given on Wednesday.
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