Moscow, April 29, 2021, SPA -- India has registered 379,257 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 18,376,524, according to the ministry. Within the same period of time, the death toll has risen by 3,645 to 204,832. More than 15.08 million patients have recovered since the start of the epidemic. --SPA 10:17 LOCAL TIME 07:17 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1550730