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Monday, May 3, 2021

Coronavirus live news: India passes 20m cases, US average daily infections fall below 50,000

India records 357,229 new daily cases and 3,449 deaths; US daily cases fall to lowest average since October; Germany cancels Oktoberfest

The prime ministers of the UK and India are to meet virtually on Tuesday as the two countries agree a trade deal that is set to create more than 6,000 jobs in Britain.

Boris Johnson and Narendra Modi will hold talks after Johnson was forced to cancel his planned visit to Delhi due to the worsening coronavirus situation there.

India’s official count of coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, nearly doubling in the past three months, after 357,229 new cases were recorded in the 24 hours to Tuesday. There were 3,449 new deaths taking the official death toll to 222,408. The true figures are believed to be far higher.

Infections have surged in India since February in a disastrous turn blamed on more contagious variants of the virus as well as government decisions to allow massive crowds to gather for Hindu religious festivals and political rallies before state elections.

India reports 3,57,229 new COVID19 cases, 3,20,289 discharges and 3,449 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry

Total cases: 2,02,82,833
Total recoveries: 1,66,13,292
Death toll: 2,22,408
Active cases: 34,47,133

Total vaccination: 15,89,32,921 pic.twitter.com/Zr1mimN4vH

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3bhSnRd

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