New Delhi, Sep 12 (UNI) Even as new COVID-19 cases neared one lakh-mark, India also recorded the highest ever single-day recoveries of 81,533 cases in past 24 hours.
A whopping 97,570 new confirmed cases have been added in the past 24 hours in the country. However, the silver lining was rise in recovery rates with 60 per cent of the total recovered cases being reported from five states -- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
Maharashtra has alone contributed more than 14,000 and Karnataka over 12,000 to the new single-day recoveries, an official release here said.