India’s COVID deaths rise by record 4,205 to cross 250,000 mark

Death toll surges past a grim milestone as the pandemic rages across the vast country of 1.35 billion people.

India has posted a record rise in deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, pushing its total fatalities past the 250,000 mark. Deaths from the coronavirus swelled by 4,205, while daily coronavirus cases rose by 348,421, with India’s overall caseload now surging past 23 million, according to health ministry data on Wednesday. Many experts suspect the real numbers are much higher.