India has recorded 23,529 new COVID-19 cases and 311 deaths in the last 24 hours. This comes a day after the country saw 18,870 cases and 378 deaths. Kerala reported 12,161 cases and 155 deaths on Wednesday. India’s active caseload stood at 2,77,020, the lowest in 195 days while the recovery rate stood at 97.85%, the highest since March 2020.