A day after the government said a third wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was inevitable in India, the country recorded 412,262 fresh cases and 3,980 new deaths due to the virus.
With this, the country’s total infection tally went up to 21,077,410 and its death toll was pushed to 230,168, according to the Union health ministry dashboard.
The country, reeling under a highly infectious second wave, has registered over 300,000 cases in 24 hours for over two weeks now.
The daily death toll too, which crossed 3,000 on April 28, has stayed over the mark for over a week.