Moscow, April 15, 2021, SPA -- India registered 200,739 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said on Thursday, according to Sputnik News Agency. The total number of those who tested positive for the coronavirus in India has reached 14,074,564, according to the ministry. Within the same period of time, the death toll has risen by 1,038 to 173,123 people. More than 12.42 million patients have recovered since the start of the epidemic. India comes second in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the United States with more than 31.42 million patients. To date, more than 138.05 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.91 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. --SPA 10:31 LOCAL TIME 07:31 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1543362