NEW DELHI: India recorded a new highest single-day of COVID-19 cases and deaths with 4,12,262 new infections and 3,980 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,10,77,410 and the death toll to 2,30,168, according to the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

According to the ministry's data, a total of 3,29,113 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours, pushing the total recoveries to 1,72,80,844. India has a total of 35,66,398 active cases at the moment however the National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09 per cent. 

Twelve states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, have more than 1 lakh active COVID-19 cases, according to the government. Thirty districts are showing a continued rise in the number of coronavirus cases for the last two weeks. Ten of these districts are in Kerala, seven in Andhra Pradesh, three in Karnataka and one in Tamil Nadu, it said.

The northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab registered their highest COVID-19 deaths with the most populous state recording the biggest single-day jump of 357 Covid-19 deaths that took the toll to 14,151 while it registered 31,165 fresh cases. Lucknow and Kanpur registered the highest deaths in the state.

Punjab on Wednesday saw another record 182 fatalities, bringing the toll to 9,825, while 8,015 fresh infections, the biggest single-day spike, took the tally to 4,07,509, according to a medical bulletin. The number of active cases rose from 61,935 on Tuesday to 63,007 Wednesday.

A silver lining is five States/UTs have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are  Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh (UT) and Mizoram.

On the other hand, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 16.25 Cr today as the Phase-3 of the nationwide Vaccination Drive expands further.

According to the ministry's data, as on day-110 of the vaccination drive (5th May 2021), 19,55,733 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. Across 15,903 sessions, 8,99,163 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 10,56,570 beneficiaries received their 2nd dose of vaccine.