Updated Mar 17, 2021 | 18:36 IST
India recorded its highest one-day tally of coronavirus cases yesterday with 28,903 new infections, taking the total caseload to 1,14,38,734. A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for coronavirus tests at the CSMT railway station in Mumbai amid surge in Covid-19 cases. | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab account for 76.4 per cent of the overall cases
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interaction with Chief Ministers on Wednesday, expressed concern over the resurge in cases
The PM called for “quick and decisive” measures to check the “second peak” of Covid-19 cases in India