* India reports country's record single-day tally in deaths
* U.S. crude stocks rise in the week ended April 16 -API
* EIA data due later in the day (Updates prices)
By Shadia Nasralla
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday, heading for their biggest daily drop in more than two weeks and weighed down by concerns that surging COVID-19 cases in India will drive down fuel demand in the world's third-biggest oil importer.
Brent crude LCOc1 futures for June declined $1.14, or 1.7%, to $65.43 a barrel at 1250 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures for June fell $1.28, or 2%, to $61.39 a barrel. The May contract expired on Tuesday down 1.5%.
"Demand jitters were thrust back into the spotlight yesterday amid a sharp rise in global coronavirus cases. Nowhere is this more obvious than in India," PVM analysts said.
India, also the world's third-largest oil user, on Wednesday reported another record increase in the daily death toll from COVID-19. battering the market, data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) industry group showed U.S. crude oil and distillate stocks rose in the week ended April 16, according to two market sources. stocks rose by 436,000 barrels, API reported, according to the sources. The U.S. Energy Information Administration will release its inventory data for last week later on Wednesday. For a Reuters poll on EIA data, click the possibility of further oil supply, Iran and world powers have made headway in talks to save a 2015 nuclear accord, which, if successful, could see sanctions lifted and more Iranian barrels return to the market. major oil trading companies are stowing diesel and jet fuel on newly built supertankers in Asia and Africa in anticipation of COVID-19 vaccinations driving prices higher in the months ahead.