What prompted the second wave of covid-19 in India?
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India's COVID-19 death toll surpassed 200,000, after the country reported 3,293 new deaths on Wednesday, according to figures released by the national Health Ministry.
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This is the highest number of deaths India has reported in a single day and it is also the first time it has crossed the 3,000-dead mark.
The country also reported 360,960 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a world record for the number of new cases reported in a single day, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian Ministry of Health.
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The total number of cases in the country now stands at 17,997,267 and deaths at 201,187.
On April 22, India recorded the largest daily increase in coronavirus cases in the world since the start of the pandemic with 314,835 new infections, and has continued to top the world record in the following days.
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People wait to refill their medical oxygen cylinders for coronavirus patients at a recharging station in Allahabad.
India has recorded more than 300,000 daily cases for seven consecutive days.
As of local Tuesday night, 147,727,054 doses have been administered, according to a press release issued by the Health Ministry on Tuesday.
India launched its vaccination campaign on January 16.
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A total of 24,865,044 people have received their second dose, so far 1.9 percent of the population in a nation of 1.3 billion people have been fully vaccinated.
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