New Delhi: India registered a record jump of 8,909 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 2,07,615 on Wednesday, while the toll rose to 5,815 with 217 more deaths, the Union health ministry said.The number of active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mounted 1,01,497 and 1,00,302 people have recovered, while one has migrated, it said.Around 48.31% of the patients have recovered so far, a ministry official said. Though official spokespersons have been highlighting the Indian recovery rate, they do not mention that the global recovery rate is also the same or slightly better.Starting from Monday, India has largely eased lockdown restrictions, except in containment zones.India is now the seventh among the worst-hit nations by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy. The country has been registering more than 8,000 cases for the fourth consecutive day.State-wise deathsOf the 217 more deaths since Tuesday morning, 103 were in Maharashtra, 33 in Delhi, 29 in Gujarat, 13 in Tamil Nadu and 10 in West Bengal.Six more people died from the pathogen in Madhya Pradesh, followed by five each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, and four in Telangana,There were two deaths each in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, and one each in Kerala, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Punjab and Uttarakhand..Of the total 5,815 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the list with 2,465 deaths followed by 1,092 in Gujarat and 556 in Delhi.In Madhya Pradesh, 364 people have died so far, followed by 335 in West Bengal, 222 in Uttar Pradesh and 203 in Rajasthan.Also read: AIIMS Medic Who Criticised Quality of PPE Now Faces Disciplinary ActionTamil Nadu has registered 197 deaths so far, while there have been 92 fatalities in Telangana and 64 in Andhra Pradesh.Fifty-two people have succumbed to the infection in Karnataka, followed by 46 in Punjab, 33 in Jammu and Kashmir, and 24 in Bihar.Haryana has registered 23 fatalities, while the toll in Kerala is 11. There have been seven deaths each in Odisha and Uttarakhand.Five COVID-19 fatalities each have been reported from Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Jharkhand, while four have died in Assam.A person each have died due to the pandemic in Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh and Ladakh, according to the data.More than 70% of the deaths are due to co-morbidities, it said.State-wise casesThe highest number of cases in the country are from Maharashtra with a tally of 72,300, followed by 24,586 in Tamil Nadu, 22,132 in Delhi and 17,617 in Gujarat.Rajasthan has 9,373 confirmed COVID-19 cases, followed 8,420 in Madhya Pradesh, 8,361 in Uttar Pradesh and 6,168 in West Bengal.The coronavirus cases has gone up to 4,155 in Bihar, 3,898 in Andhra Pradesh, 3,796 in Karnataka and 2,891 in Telangana.A total of 2,718 people have contracted COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, followed by 2,652 in Haryana, 2,342 in Punjab and 2,245 in Odisha.The number of infections in Assam rose to 1,513, while Kerala has 1,412 and Uttarakhand 1,043 cases.Jharkhand has registered 712 infections, followed by 564 in Chhattisgarh, 468 in Tripura and 345 in Himachal Pradesh.Also read: Ground Report: Inside a Mumbai Hospital Caring for Critical COVID-19 PatientsThe COVID-19 tally in Chandigarh rose 301, while there are 89 cases in Manipur, 82 in Puducherry and 81 in Ladakh.Goa has 79 coronavirus cases, followed by 49 in Nagaland and 33 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Meghalaya has registered 27 infections, while Arunachal Pradesh has reported 22 and Mizoram 13 cases so far.Dadar and Nagar Haveli has four cases, while Sikkim has reported a case till now.Global numbersAcross the world, there have now been 6,382,951 confirmed cases around the world as of Wednesday morning.According to the Johns Hopkins University, the global death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 380,318. Almost 2.73 million people have recovered from the disease.In many countries, official data includes only deaths reported in hospitals, not those in homes or nursing homes.Also read: ‘Virus’: A Fitting Ode to Kerala’s Battle Against the 2018 Nipah OutbreakThe US has recorded 1,831,821 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. Brazil is in second place with 555,383 cases, followed by Russia (423,186) and the UK (279,392).The US has also recorded the highest death toll, which has now crossed one lakh. The country has reported 106,181 fatalities so far. The death toll has also been high in the UK (39,452), Italy (33,530), Brazil (31,199), France (28,943) and Spain (27,127).Brazil sets another record for daily coronavirus deathsBrazil registered another record number of novel coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday evening, as the pandemic in Latin America’s largest country shows no signs of slowing down.The nation registered 28,936 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, the ministry said, and 1,262 deaths. There are now 555,383 total confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil and 31,199 coronavirus deaths.Also read: Mexico’s Other Epidemic: Murdered WomenThe fresh record comes as some Brazilian leaders, including right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, continue to belittle the virus, warning that the economic fallout from quarantine measures will be worse than the virus itself.“We lament all deaths, but it’s everyone’s destiny,” Bolsonaro said in front of the presidential residence in Brasilia earlier on Tuesday.Even in states and cities where leaders had previously instituted lockdown orders, authorities have been rapidly loosening restrictions in recent days, despite the number of daily new cases continuing to grow in most regions.(With agency inputs)