India saw a record rise in Covid-19 deaths with 4,205 fresh fatalities taking the country's death toll to 2,54,197

New Delhi: India saw a record rise in Covid-19 deaths with 4,205 fresh fatalities taking the country's death toll to 2,54,197, while 3,48,421 new coronavirus infections were reported on Wednesday.

The total tally of Covid-19 cases in country now stands at 2,33,40,938.

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The active cases have reduced to 37,04,099 comprising 15.87 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.04 per cent.    

The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,93,82,642 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, as per the data.

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India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 60-lakh mark on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.

The 4,205 new fatalities include 793 from Maharashtra, 480  from Karnataka, 347 from Delhi, 301 from Uttar Pradesh, 298 from Tamil Nadu, 214 from Punjab, 199 from Chhattisgarh, 169 from Rajasthan, 144 from Haryana, 132 from West Bengal, 118 each from Gujarat and Uttarakhand, 108 from Andhra pradesh and 103 from Jharkhand.