Highlights: West Bengal reports 53 new Covid-19 deaths, 3,107 fresh cases

The Covid-19 death toll in West Bengal rose to 3,730 on Wednesday with 53 more people succumbing to the disease, a bulletin released by the state health department said.

Mumbai's Covid-19 tally rises to 1,60,744 with addition of 2,227 new cases; 44 deaths take toll to 7,982: city civic body.

1,610 new Covid-19 positive cases and 14 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8.30 pm today. Total number of cases now at 95,736 including 15,108 active cases and 1,178 deaths: State Health Department

Maharashtra reports 23,816 new Covid-19 cases, 13,906 discharges and 325 deaths today. The total number of cases in the state rises to 9,67,349 including 6,86,462 recoveries and 2,52,734 active cases: Public Health Department, Maharashtra

The national capital recorded 4,039 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike so far, as the tally breached the two lakh-mark, while the death toll mounted to 4,638, authorities said.

This is the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic that over 4,000 cases have been recorded in Delhi in a day.

Sixty-six more people died of Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the death toll to 4,112, while 6,711 fresh cases took the state's infection tally to 2,85,041, according to an official bulletin issued on Wednesday.

The total number of active coronavirus cases in the state now stands at 64,028, it said.

Five women and as many mensuccumbed to Covid-19 in Puducherry on Wednesday while 341 more people contracted the virus, pushing the tally of infections to 18,084.

A release from Health and Family Welfare department said 341 new cases were reported at the end of testing of 2,560.

Uttar Pradesh reports 6,711 new Covid-19 cases and 66 deaths, taking active cases to 64,028, recoveries to 2,16,901 and death toll to 4,112: State Health Department

1,617 new Covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 894 from Jammu division and 723 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases now at 47,542 including 12,839 active cases, 33,871 recoveries and 832 deaths: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir

Covid19 tally in Mumbai's Dharavi slum rises to 2,839 with the addition of nine cases: BMC

The Covid-19 tally in Bihar rises to 1,52,192, including 775 deaths and 1,35,791 recoveries. Active cases stand at 15,625: Government of Bihar

As many as 582 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Wednesday, pushing the state's tally to 16,739, a health official said.

It has been decided that there'll be no requirement of a prescription from a qualified medical practitioner for Covid-19 testing in Delhi. However tests will be conducted in accordance with advisory issued by ICMR & as per orders issued by Delhi govt from time to time: Delhi govt

Thirty-three more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the tally in the union territory to 3,392, an official said on Wednesday.

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal says he has tested positive for Covid-19.