NEW DELHI – India on Wednesday registered a record surge in deaths fromnovel coronavirus over the last 24 hours – taking its total deaths past the200,000 mark.

The south Asian country becomes the fourth country in the world to cross200,000 deaths behind the United States, Brazil, and Mexico.

According to the latest figures of the country’s top health ministry, thetally of daily Covid-19 cases rose by a record of 3,60,960, pushing thetotal caseload to 1,79,97,267.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra tops overall states with 66,358 cases followed byUttar Pradesh with 32,921 cases, Kerala with 32,819 cases, Karnataka with31,830 cases, and Delhi with 24,149 cases. These five states contributed52.1 percent in the daily load.

On the other hand, the number of people who have recovered from the diseaseis 1,48,17,371.