India coronavirus cases have crossed 12 lakh-mark, taking confirmed cases toll to 12,38,635 including 4,26,167 active cases, 7,82,607 recovered and 29,861 deaths, according to health ministry figures released on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Maharashtra's daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 10,000 mark for the first time while the state recorded the second-highest figure of deaths and the Pune Metropolitan region surpassed 2,000 fatalities, health officials said. The state notched a staggering 10,576 new cases, the highest after 9,518 on July 19.

The number of deaths continued to remain in the 200-plus range, at 280 - the second-highest after 295 deaths on July 4. With the fresh fatalities, the death toll went up to 12,556, while the total cases rose to 337,607 - both highest in the country.

According to Wednesday's figures, there was one death roughly every 5 minutes and a stupendous 441 new cases every hour. For the third day running, the recovery rate in the state marginally dropped - from 54.72 percent a day earlier to 54.62 percent on Wednesday, while the mortality rate stood at 3.72 per cent.