India Covid deaths soar toll past 250,000

India's coronavirus death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday, official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people.\According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours -- a new record -- taking total fatalities to 254,197.

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EDITORS NOTE: / Relatives wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) perform rituals during the cremation of their loved one who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

2021-05-06 12:51:42

India's coronavirus death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday, official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people.\According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours -- a new record -- taking total fatalities to 254,197.

The number of cases rose almost 350,000 to 23.3 million, the second-highest after the United States.

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