India Covid cases continue to rise, over 44,500 infections recorded in 24 hours

As per the Health Ministry data, India reported 44,643 new coronavirus cases and 464 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Amid concerns of a rise in the trajectory of fresh infections, India recorded 44,643 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall case tally to 31.86 million cases. #Unite2FightCorona#LargestVaccineDrivehttps://t.co/C0sBJhwNPp pic.twitter.com/D1ssAHPZkt The death toll rose by 464, taking total fatalities to 4,26,754.