With Bihar revising its Covid-19 death toll to 9,429 on Wednesday, India saw the highest-ever jump in daily fatalities at 6,148, according to the Union health ministry's data updated on Thursday morning.

The national toll reached 3,59,676, while the total number of infections rose to 2,91,83,121 after 94,052 more cases were confirmed in a span of 24 hours.  The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 94.77 per cent. A net decline of 63,463 cases has been recorded in the total number of Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.