With 89,706 cases has push India's coronavirus tally to 43,70,128 the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The death count has risen to 73,890 with 1,115 more fatalities.
33,98,844 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77.7 per cent.
Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. India is the country with the second-highest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States.
The country's recovery rate now stands at 77.77 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Wednesday.
"A total of 33,98,844 COVID-19 patients have recovered so far. The total number of recoveries on a weekly basis has increased from 1,53,118 during the third week of July to 4,84,068 in the first week of September," a statement from the MoHFW said. As per the statement, 61 per cent of the 89,706 new cases in the country have been reported from only five states.
