New Delhi : India recorded the highest single-day spike of 32, 695 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 606 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 9, 68, 876 cases with a death total of 24, 915 the Health Ministry’s data stated on Thursday.

According to Health Ministry data, as many as 6, 12, 814 patients have recovered, almost twice the number of active patients at 3, 31, 146. The rate of recovery has touched 63.24 per cent. India, however, remains the third worst-affected country after the US and Brazil.