New Delhi, India recorded 86,508 new cases of COVID 19 in the past 24 hours taking the tally to 57,32,519, as per Health Ministry data on Thursday.The pandemic deaths have now reached 91,149 after 1,129 more people lost their lives to the contagion during the period.However, with an improvement in the recovery rate, the cured/discharged cases outnumbered the fresh to stand at 87,374 on Thursday. Patients cured till date now stand at 46,74,987.The active case-load on the country has reduced further with the nation currently housing 9,66,382 active cases.In terms of percentage, the active cases are 16.86 per cent, recovered at 81.55 per cent, and the deaths 1.59 per cent.According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as many as 11,56,569 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, taking the total cumulative samples tested since the beginning of the pandemic till Sunday to 6,74,36,031.Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state with maximum case count as well as in terms of maximum active cases of
the pandemic.Globally, United States continues to remain the most-infected, followed by India and Brazil.