Bengaluru, April 21, 2021, SPA -- India reported 2,023 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally for the country so far, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Coronavirus infections also rose by a record, increasing by 295,041 over the last 24 hours, the data showed. Total deaths reached 182,553. India's overall case tally is now at 15.6 million, second only to the United States, which has over 31 million infections. --SPA 10:24 LOCAL TIME 07:24 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/w1546687