Photos: India records 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

Agencies | By HT Correspondent

Published on Jul 02, 2021 03:58 pm IST

India's official death toll from the coronavirus topped 400,000 on July 2, though experts say the actual number of dead could have reached one million or even higher, with a possible third wave of infections looming. India's death toll is the third-highest globally.

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A municipal worker walks past shallow sand graves, some of which are suspected to be of people who died from Covid-19, on the Ganga riverbank in Phaphamau, on the outskirts of Prayagraj on June 25. Overnight, the country recorded 853 deaths on July 2, taking the toll past the 400,000 mark, according to data from health ministry.(Ritesh Shukla / REUTERS)

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A municipal worker walks past shallow sand graves, some of which are suspected to be of people who died from Covid-19, on the Ganga riverbank in Phaphamau, on the outskirts of Prayagraj on June 25. Overnight, the country recorded 853 deaths on July 2, taking the toll past the 400,000 mark, according to data from health ministry.(Ritesh Shukla / REUTERS)

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Visitors in a park that is open between 6 and 9 am to people that have received a Covid-19 vaccine, at Rabindra Sarovar Lake in Kolkata on June 22. India added 100,000 deaths in 39 days, a Reuters tally showed, as a brutal second wave of infections swept across cities and into the vast countryside where millions remain vulnerable without a single shot of vaccines.(Arko Datto / Bloomberg)

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Visitors in a park that is open between 6 and 9 am to people that have received a Covid-19 vaccine, at Rabindra Sarovar Lake in Kolkata on June 22. India added 100,000 deaths in 39 days, a Reuters tally showed, as a brutal second wave of infections swept across cities and into the vast countryside where millions remain vulnerable without a single shot of vaccines.(Arko Datto / Bloomberg)

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Pedestrians walk past stores in Chennai on July 1. Indian states began lifting curbs on businesses and the movement of people over the last month. The country gave a record 8.5 million vaccine doses on June 21, the first day vaccines were available for free to all adults.(Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg)

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Pedestrians walk past stores in Chennai on July 1. Indian states began lifting curbs on businesses and the movement of people over the last month. The country gave a record 8.5 million vaccine doses on June 21, the first day vaccines were available for free to all adults.(Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg)

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An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk talks to a nurse as she puts on her protective suit to assist at a Covid-19 vaccination center in Dharmshala on July 1. While still elevated, the number of new infections has eased to two-month lows since hitting a peak of 400,000 a day in May.(Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk talks to a nurse as she puts on her protective suit to assist at a Covid-19 vaccination center in Dharmshala on July 1. While still elevated, the number of new infections has eased to two-month lows since hitting a peak of 400,000 a day in May.(Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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A BMC health worker testing people arriving on outstation trains at Dadar station in Mumbai on June 29. Experts believe India's reported deaths and infections are massive undercounts. They say an untold number of people died during the April and May surge outside of hospitals and before they could be tested for the virus. A model from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates there have been more than 1.1 million Covid-19 deaths in India, AP reported.(Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Published on Jul 02, 2021 03:58 pm IST

A BMC health worker testing people arriving on outstation trains at Dadar station in Mumbai on June 29. Experts believe India's reported deaths and infections are massive undercounts. They say an untold number of people died during the April and May surge outside of hospitals and before they could be tested for the virus. A model from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates there have been more than 1.1 million Covid-19 deaths in India, AP reported.(Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A volunteer from an NGO registers a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination slot for a man in New Delhi on June 16. The government has shifted its focus to mass immunisations amid warnings from disease experts of a looming third wave as the country slowly re-opens and a new variant, locally called the Delta Plus, emerges, Reuters reported.(Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

Published on Jul 02, 2021 03:58 pm IST

A volunteer from an NGO registers a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination slot for a man in New Delhi on June 16. The government has shifted its focus to mass immunisations amid warnings from disease experts of a looming third wave as the country slowly re-opens and a new variant, locally called the Delta Plus, emerges, Reuters reported.(Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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A police officer manages people who came to receive a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine outside a vaccination centre in Ahmedabad on June 30. Even as cases are on the decline, experts worry India could be at risk of another surge of the virus because less than 5% of the population has been fully vaccinated.(Amit Dave / REUTERS)

Published on Jul 02, 2021 03:58 pm IST

A police officer manages people who came to receive a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine outside a vaccination centre in Ahmedabad on June 30. Even as cases are on the decline, experts worry India could be at risk of another surge of the virus because less than 5% of the population has been fully vaccinated.(Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A health worker inoculating a woman in New Delhi on June 30. Last month, the head of India's Covid-19 task force told reporters that about 2 billion doses could be available by December under a roadmap that depends on India’s two main suppliers — Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech — ramping up production and five other potential vaccines being made available, AP reported.(Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Published on Jul 02, 2021 03:58 pm IST

A health worker inoculating a woman in New Delhi on June 30. Last month, the head of India's Covid-19 task force told reporters that about 2 billion doses could be available by December under a roadmap that depends on India’s two main suppliers — Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech — ramping up production and five other potential vaccines being made available, AP reported.(Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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