India's Covid daily deaths go above 4,000

May 21, 2021 09:31

The number of coronavirus disease cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours dipped to 2.59 lakh, the Union health ministry data showed on Friday. With this, the nationwide tally reached 26,031,991.

The daily fatality count - an area of concern in the second wave of the pandemic - once again went over 4,000 (4,209 to be exact) according to health ministry update at 8 am. This pushed the nationwide death toll up to 291331.

The number of active cases of the infection saw another drop of 1,01,953 and came down to 30,27,925.

On Thursday, the country recorded 2,76,110 new cases of Covid-19 and 3,874 fatalities.

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