India on Wednesday added 15,968 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,56,183, while the death toll rose to 14,476 with 465 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed a surge of 2,34,747 infections from June 1 till 22.
India registered over 10,000 cases for the 13th day in a row.
The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,58,685 patients cured so far, while there were 1,83,022 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.
