India coronavirus cases have surged to 9.68 lakh-mark,taking confirmed patients toll to 9,68,876 including 3,31,146 active cases6,12,815 recovered and 24,915 deaths, according to the health ministry'sfigures released on Thursday.

Meanwhile, with 1,647 new coronavirus cases and 41 deaths inthe last 24 hours, the national capital recorded a total tally of 1,16,993cases and 3,487 deaths till Wednesday, health officials said.

According to Delhi government's daily health bulletin, asmany as 95,699 people have recovered, almost five times the number of activecases which stand at 17,807. Total of 2,463 patients recovered in the last 24hours.

On June 23, the city had witnessed the highest single-daypeak of 3,947 cases, but the number has come down steadily since then despite thenumber of tests increasing.

Testing numbers in the city have also gone up since thecommencement of rapid antigen tests last month. Over 6,564 RT-PCR and 15,964rapid antigen Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Currently, 4,021 beds are occupied in the hospitals out of atotal capacity of 15,363 beds -- 2,029 in the dedicated COVID Care Centres outof 9,284 and 167 beds in the dedicated COVID Health Centres as against theavailability of 554 total beds. Over 9,943 people are under home isolation.