Covid deaths surged in the country with five major states reporting their highest daily toll from the pandemic on Tuesday even as the count of fresh cases rose again after dipping for three days in a row. India recorded 3,460 deaths in the last 24 hours, with data from Delhi not been released till way past midnight for the first time this year. The capital had recorded more than 400 deaths each in the previous two days. The highest daily death toll from the pandemic was 3,728 reported on Saturday.