India reports 3,60,960 new Covid cases, 3,293 deaths in last 24 hours

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New Delhi, April 28, 2021:     India bears witness to the horrors unfolding during the second wave of the coronavirus, the country crossed the grim statistic of two lakh COVID-related deaths on Wednesday, 28 April.

 

On Wednesday, a record 3,293 COVID deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 2,01,187. India had crossed 1 lakh COVID-related deaths on 2 October, 2020.

Meanwhile, a staggering 3,60,960 new COVID-19 cases were detected across the country – the highest daily surge recorded in the world since the pandemic began. India’s caseload now stands at 1,79,97,267.

For the seventh straight day, over 3 lakh fresh infections were reported in the country, since it first reported 314,835 new COVID cases on 22 April.