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India added 100,000 deaths in 39 days, a Reuters tally showed, as a brutal second wave of infections swept across cities and into the vast countryside where millions remain vulnerable without a single shot of vaccines.
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Overnight, the country recorded 853 deaths, taking the toll past the 400,000 mark, according to data from health ministry.
India’s death toll is the third-highest globally.
“Undercounting of deaths is something that has happened across states, mostly because of lags in the system, so that means we will never have a true idea of how many people we lost in this second wave,” said Rijo M John, a professor at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in the southern city of Kochi.
India s death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000 as vaccination drive falters
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