India's tally of Covid-19 cases crosses 20 million

Reuters | Published: May 04, 2021 12:20:00 | Updated: May 04, 2021 16:33:44

A volunteer uses a pulse oximeter to check the oxygen saturation of a man's blood before providing him oxygen support for free at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Ghaziabad, India on May 3, 2021 — Reuters photo

India's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, boosted by 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, health ministry data showed.

India becomes the world's second nation, after the United States, to pass the grim milestone. It took the south Asian country just over four months to add 10 million cases, versus more than ten months for its first 10 million.