India surpasses 26 million Covid-19 cases
From CNN’s Swati Gupta in New Delhi
Medical staff transfer a Covid-19 patient to a hospital in New Delhi on May 18. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
India reported 259,551 cases of Covid-19 Friday, bringing the country s total caseload past 26 million. The country has recorded roughly 1 million cases since Monday.
Friday s tally brings India s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 26,031,991, according to figures from the Indian health ministry.
India also reported 4,209 new virus-related deaths. The number of fatalities reported each day in the country have been consistently above 3,000 since April 28. India’s total coronavirus death toll stands at 291,331.
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