New Delhi/Patna, June 10 (TIWN) India recorded 6,148 deaths in last 24 hours -- the highest since the pandemic hit last year -- according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday, as Bihar sharply revised its toll upwards.

This spike in death comes as daily infections have been steadily showing a downward trend, with 94,052 fresh Covid infections reported — less than one lakh for the third straight day.

Bihar’s previously unaccounted 3,951 deaths, which has sent its toll soaring above 9,000, is behind this spike. If the state’s revised tally is reduced, then the death toll stands at 2,197 across the country in last 24 hours.