India Coronavirus Dispatch: Fatalities cross grim milestone of 4,000

Lockdowns see cash with public hit record high, cases and deaths quadruple in rural India in the second wave, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 401,000 fresh cases reported

 

India reported 401,078 fresh coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21.9 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 4,187 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to just under 240,000. The active caseload is at 3.7 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 17.9 million. As many as 167 million