
New Delhi: India logged 16,906 fresh COVID infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. This is an increase of 3,291 infections as compared to yesterday. The country reported 13,615 new COVID cases on Tuesday.
The active cases in the country have gone up to 1,32,457. They constitute 0.30 per cent of the total caseload in the country. As many as 45 patients succumbed to the virus during this period. The death toll in the country is at 5,25,519.