India on Wednesday recorded 15,968 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease and 465 deaths, in the highest single-day jump so far, taking the infection tally to 456,183, the Union health ministry data showed, APA reports citing Hindustan Times.
The country has added 265,648 Covid-19 cases in its infection tally in less than a month—the number stood at 190,536 on June 1.
There were 5,394 deaths on that day and on Wednesday the toll surged to 14,476, according to the health ministry data.