The second wave of covid has proven to be more fatal for India than any other country. Every now and then, it seems like country keeps adding records either in the number of cases or the deaths. The number of deaths recorded on wednesday in India were higher than any other country has recorded in a single day.
On wednesday, 19th May the number of deaths recorded in India went up to 4,529. 2,67,334 new cases were recorded on this day. The total number of Covid testings done in this period were 20,08,296. This has taken the country’s cumulative tally up to 2,54,96,330 and the total deaths to 2,83,248.
The country has crossed the 4,000 death mark for the fifth time now despite the newly recorded cases being less than 3 lakhs for third consecutive day. According to the experts, people who were infected at the peaks of the second wave are battling now. They also claim that they are likely to add to the toll if they do not recover fast.
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