India adds 311,170 daily coronavirus infections to nearly 24.7 million

FILE PHOTO: A couple mourns as they stand next to the funeral pyre of a relative who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

FILE PHOTO: A couple mourns as they stand next to the funeral pyre of a relative who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

BENGALURU — India’s tally of coronavirus infections reached nearly 24.7 million on Sunday, boosted by 311,170 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 4,077.

The South Asian nation’s tally stands at 24.68 million with the death toll at 270,284, health ministry data showed.

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