India becomes third country to top 300,000 Covid-19 deaths as vaccine shortage bites
From CNN s Esha Mitra in New Delhi
India reported 4,454 new Covid-19 fatalities on Monday, bringing the country s death toll to 303,720, according to the Indian Ministry of Health.
India is the third country to report more than 300,000 deaths from the virus, after Brazil and the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The health ministry also reported 222,315 new coronavirus infections, marking the fourth consecutive day that the number of cases reported in the country have declined.
However, Monday s death count is the highest daily death toll reported since May 19.
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India has documented 222,315 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with the overall case count in the country reaching 26,752,447, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. The coronavirus death toll in the country has increased by 4,454 in the past 24 hours, reaching 303,720.
India has become the third country in the world with over 300,000 registered coronavirus deaths. It ranks third after the U.S. and Brazil.
The country ranks second in the world after the U.S. on the amount of COVID-19 cases, TASS reported.
This month, India has registered over 90,000 deaths and over 7.5 mln COVID-19 cases. The record high number of COVID-19 fatalities in India was documented on May 19 with 4,529 deaths.
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