According to health ministry's data on Sunday,  India reported 45,083 new Covid-19 cases and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours, The surge in daily Covid cases has been driven by the recent spike seen in Kerala, which accounts for more than half of all the active Covid-19 cases in the country, followed closely by Maharashtra.

As per health ministry's data, Kerala reported 31,265 cases on Saturday alone. The state has continued to register more than 30,000 coronavirus infections for the past four consecutive days. As a result, India saw an increase of 8,783 cases in the active case count on Sunday.

Cumulatively, India's active cases have climbed to 3,68,558. With fresh deaths reported on the previous day, India's Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 4,37,830. The count of daily new cases has stayed below 50,000 for the 63 consecutive days now, the ministry said.

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