India Reports Over 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths in Single Day Coronavirus infections also rose by a record, increasing by 2,95,041 over the last 24 hours. Bodies lined up for cremation, amid surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, at Hindon river crematorium in Ghaziabad, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. With increasing number of deaths due to COVID-19, the waiting period at crematoriums has gone up. Photo: PTI Health10 hours ago New Delhi:Â India reported more than 2,000 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. The last few weeks have seen India crossing its own COVID-19-related records multiple times, as the second surge of infections wreaks havoc across the country.