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India: COVID-19 death toll surpasses 200,000
India’s coronavirus death toll passed 200,000 on Wednesday with more than 3,000 fatalities reported in 24 hours for the first time, official data showed.
A total of 201,187 people have now died, 3,293 of them in the past day, according to health ministry data, although many experts suspect that the true toll is higher.
India has now reported 18 million infections, an increase of 360,960 in 24 hours, which is a new world record. This month alone the country has added almost six million new cases.
