Posted on 04/17/21
| News Source: i24
India experiencing huge new coronavirus wave with 234,000 new daily infections
The global Covid-19 death toll passed 3 million on Saturday as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiraling infection numbers.
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It is the latest grim milestone after the novel coronavirus surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people, leaving billions more under crippling lockdowns and ravaging the global economy.
An average of more than 12,000 deaths was recorded globally every day in the past week, shooting the overall toll past 3 million at around 04:30 am on Saturday, according to an AFP tally. Read more at i24