NEW DELHI: Covid cases are again on the rise in the country. On Wednesday, India recorded a single-day jump of 4435 new Covid cases, the biggest in 163 days. At present, there are 23,091 active Covid cases in the country.

While states such as Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Punjab recorded one death each, Maharashtra recorded 4 deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours. The death toll has risen to 5,30,901. Meanwhile, 2,508 persons tested negative for Covid the other day.

The daily test positivity rate stands at 3.38 percent. The weekly test positivity rate stands. As many as 92.21 crore Covid tests were conducted so far. 1,31,086 Covid tests were conducted on Tuesday.