Covid-19 cases in India crosses 4 lakh mark, death toll rises to 13,254

India today reported a record single-day spike of 15,413 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally past the four lakh-mark so far, according to the Health Ministry data.

Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities, the data shows.

India has been registering the record of single-day spike for the past four days. The jump of 15,413 cases took India's case to 4,10,461, our new Delhi correspondent reports.

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 this morning.

"Thus, around 55.49 percent of the patients have recovered so far," the ministry said adding "today, the number of recovered patients has crossed the number of active patients by 58,305."

A surge of 2,19,926 infections from June 1 till 21 was reported with worst-hit states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh contributing substantially to the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases.

The number of samples being tested for Covid-19 every day also continues to grow, the ministry said adding that in the last 24 hours, 1,90,730 samples were tested. The total number of samples tested thus far is 68,07,226.