India surpassed Mexico to register the third highest number of Covid deaths globallyafter the United States and Brazil. It has the second highest number of Covid 19 infection cases after the US. India reported 2,22,408 deaths since the coronavirus outbreak occurred, while US and Brazil registered deaths at 5,77,565 and 4,08,622, respectively, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours to 8:00 am, India reported 3,449 deaths, and this is the seventh straight day when it recorded more than 3,000 daily fatalities. Since the last 13 days the country has been reporting more than 3 lakh Covid 19 cases with 3,57,229 reported in a single day till 8:00 am. Cumulatively, the coronavirus infection cases stood at 2,02,82,833, of which, active cases were 34, 47,133, recovered cases were 1,6613,292, and the death toll 2,22,408 .
World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that “more cases of Covid-19 have been reported…