With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 47480 are active and 2,415 are fatalities so far while at least 24,385 people have recovered from the disease. In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases climbed to 24,427 followed by Gujarat that has 8,903 cases and Tamil Nadu has reported 8,718 cases so far.

Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths, 921, followed by Gujarat 537 and Madhya Pradesh 225. At least 7,639 people in the national capital have been infected with the highly contagious coronavirus. Other states which have reported more than 3,000 cases are Rajasthan 4,126, Madhya Pradesh 3,986 and Uttar Pradesh 3,664.