India reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in single day

Reuters

Published Apr 21, 2021 05:49

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported more than 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally for the country so far, health ministry data showed on Wednesday.

Coronavirus infections also rose by a record, increasing by 295,041 over the last 24 hours, the data showed. Total deaths reached 182,553.