India Sees Record 1-Day Surge In Covid Cases, Deaths; Tally Past 45 Lakh

New Delhi:  India saw a record single-day surge in coronavirus cases and the fatalities linked to the highly infectious disease with 96,551 new infections and 1,209 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, taking the tally past 45 lakh, the government data showed this morning. The latest surge comes a day after the country reported a massive spike of 95,735 new infections. While the country’s tally surged to 45,62,414 this morning, about 35.42 lakh Covid patients have recovered so far. Over 76,000 patients have died.