India reports 19,148 new COVID-19 cases, total at 604,641

India reported 19,148 new COVID-19 cases with 434 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 604,641 and death toll to 17,834, the country's health ministry said on Thursday.

The confirmed cases in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, rose to 18,298. Tamil Nadu and Delhi were also severely affected, with 94,049 and 89,802 confirmed cases respectively.

As of Wednesday, more than 9 million COVID-19 tests had been performed in India.