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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announces the imposition of a three-tier lockdown in the state from May 24 to June 8. ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2021
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India becomes 3rd nation after the US, Brazil to cross 3 lakh #COVID deaths. pic.twitter.com/lTEPxcsKid ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2021
A cyclone in India has complicated efforts to slow down Covid-19 spread as cases surpass 25 million May 19, 2021, 08:31 AM
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People wade through a flooded street due to heavy rain caused by cyclone Tauktae in Mumbai on May 17, 2021.
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India recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 4,329 deaths on Tuesday.
The grim milestone comes as the parts of the country were hit with the strongest cyclone on record.
Experts are worried the evacuation of thousands as a result of the storm will cause a rise in cases.
A powerful cyclone that hit India is hampering efforts to slow down Covid-19 infections as the country surpassed 25 million cases on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
MUMBAI India can t catch a break.
On the same day the country confirmed its highest-ever daily death toll from COVID-19, it was also hit by a deadly storm. Cyclone Tauktae barreled into India s west coast overnight packing wind gusts of up to 130 miles per hour some of the strongest on record before weakening over land later Tuesday.
Crews in orange hazmat suits patrolled coastal areas with megaphones, urging hundreds of thousands of residents to move to higher ground. More than 200,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the western state of Gujarat. Hundreds of COVID-19 patients were also shifted from coastal wards in Mumbai to other hospitals farther inland.