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India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike of 15,413 cases

A record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases took India’s infection tally past 4 lakh-mark on Sunday, while death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities, according to Health Ministry

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A record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases took India's infection tally past the 4 lakh-mark on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data.

India has been registering record single-day spike for the past four days.

The jump of 15,413 cases took India''s case load to 4,10,461.

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The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,27,755 patients cured so far, while there were 1,69,451 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am. One patient has migrated.

"Thus, around 55.48 per cent of the patients have recovered so far," an official said. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.

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India registered over 10,000 cases for the tenth day in a row.

The country has witnessed a surge of 2,19,926 infections from June 1 till 21 with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh among the top five states that have seen a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.

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