India records less than 300,000 Covid-19 cases after 26 days 2 minutes read New Delhi, May 17 (EFE).- India on Monday reported 281,386 new Covid-19 infections, marking a further decline in daily reported cases but daily deaths remained above 4,000. Daily infections dropped below 300,000 for the first time since April 21, increasing the overall caseload in the country to 24.9 million. The daily death count stood at 4,106, mounting the toll to 274,411 since the pandemic erupted last year. The government has recorded a gradual decline in infections for the past few days after reaching record numbers of over daily 400,000 cases two weeks ago. However, experts have cast doubt on the official data because the virus outbreak has hit the rural areas that lack the testing and healthcare infrastructure.