Covid-19 cases saw an increase on Thursday with 45,892 more people testing positive in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data.
The number stood at 43,733 the day before. With the addition of new infections, the cumulative caseload in the country has reached 3,07,09,557.
Further, the daily fatalities went up by 817, taking the death toll due to coronavirus in India to 4,050,28. This comes as the global death toll went past 4 million on Wednesday, according to news agency AP.
With the advent of the vaccine, deaths per day have plummeted to around 7,900, after topping out at over 18,000 a day in January.