India crosses 400k mark with record spike of 15,413 Covid-19 cases in a day

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

Eight days after recording 300,000 Covid-19 cases, India went past the 400,000-mark on Sunday with the biggest single-day spike of 15,413 new infections, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 fatalities, according to the health ministry data.

India took 64 days to cross the 100,000-mark from 100 cases, another fortnight to reach the grim milestone of 200,000 cases and then in another 10 days, it went past the 300,000-mark.

The country has been registering record single-day spikes for the past four days. The jump of 15,413 cases has taken India’s case load to 4,10,461.

The number of recoveries also continued to