New Delhi, June 10:

India saw a massive jump of 6,148 deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, as the country’s death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 359,676, the Union ministry of health and family welfare’s (MoHFW) data showed on Thursday morning. This is the highest number of fatalities recorded in India due to the Covid-19 pandemic in a single-day.

The number of new cases remained below 100,000-mark for a third straight day, as 94,052 people tested positive in this period. With this latest single-day rise, India’s cumulative Covid-19 infection tally has risen to 29,183,121, the data showed.