India Sees Record 4,187 COVID-19 Deaths In Single Day
Country becomes 3rd globally, after US, Brazil, to report more than 4,000 daily fatalities. India registered 4,187 deaths due to COVID-19 in a single day, raising the country s death toll to 238,270, according to Health Ministry data on Saturday.
India is the third country after the US and Brazil to report more than 4,000 deaths in a single day.
The country reported 401,078 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to nearly 21.9 million, according to the latest data.
India has been struggling with a deadly second wave that has severely strained its health system, leading to shortages of oxygen supplies at hospitals as well as beds and coronavirus treatment drugs such as Remdesivir.