India records highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day
New Delhi: India recorded a spike in daily death count as 4,529 people died due to the COVID-19 virus in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
This is the highest number of daily deaths recorded due to the deadly virus since it began in India last year.
India, which is battling the second wave of the virus, recorded 2.67 lakh fresh infections in the last 24 hours.
The total death toll due to the disease now stands at 2,83,248.
There are 32,26,719 active cases in the country at present.
So far, 3,89,851 people have been discharged in the past 24 hours.
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