new delhi india on monday recorded more than 35 lakh new cases for the second day in a row with total caseload crossing 17 million even as daily deaths also jumped to an alltime high of over 2800with 352991 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day the highest so far indias total tally of covid19 cases has climbed to 17313163 while active cases have crossed the 28lakh mark according to the union health ministry data updated on mondaythis is also the fastest million india has added to its tally in three days indias tally of total covid19 cases went from 16 to 17 million the death toll increased to 195123 with a record 2812 new fatalities the data updated at 8 am showedthe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 14304382 the case fatality rate has further dropped to 113 per cent the data statedthe 2812 new fatalities include 832 from maharashtra 350 from delhi 206 from uttar pradesh 199 from chhattisgarh 157 from gujarat 143 from karnataka and 103 from jharkhanda total of 195123 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 64760 from maharashtra 14426 from karnataka 14248 from delhi 13557 from tamil nadu 11165 from uttar pradesh 10941 from west bengal 8432 from punjab and 7685 from andhra pradeshindias total vaccination count as of monday stood at 141911223indias covid surge this week was the worstever for any country in the world even on sunday the country reported 355 lakh cases and 2807 deaths both new global highsbefore india clocked over 22 lakh cases in a week the only country which had come anywhere close was the us which recorded 179 lakh cases in the sevenday period ending january 10 this yearin the seven days between april 18 and april 25 india reported 2249 lakh cases which is the highest number of cases reported by any country in any sevenday period since the beginning of the pandemic the excess burden on the health care system is also being reflected in the alarming growth rate of deaths in this period compared with 8588 deaths reported in the week ending april 18 the last seven days saw 16257 deaths the 89 increase in cumulative deaths is nearly double the rate of increase of cumulative cases in this period which saw a 47 surge