Photos: India’s Covid-19 death toll tops 3 lakh, new cases fall to 2.2 lakh

India’s death toll due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reached 303,720 after 4,454 people succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on May 24 morning. This makes India only the third country after the United States and Brazil, respectively, to record more than 300,000 fatalities due to the viral disease. Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 26,752,447 after 222,315 positive cases were detected on May 23.

Published on: May 24, 2021 4:25 PM IST

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An employee of Michael Undertakers and Ambulance Services wearing PPE suit, lays a coffin to rest during the burial of a Covid-19 victim at a Christian cemetery in Pali village near Faridabad on May 8. According to the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard on May 24 morning, India registered 4,454 Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 303,720. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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The body of a Covid-19 victim being brought in at Jawahar Baug Crematorium in Thane on May 22. India is only the third country after the United States and Brazil, respectively, to record more than 300,000 fatalities due to the viral disease. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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A Covid-19 patient on oxygen support provided by a NGO in Amritsar on May 23. In the last few days, India’s daily Covid-19 death toll has hovered around the 4000-mark, even crossing it on several days. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)

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Relatives of a Covid-19 victim perform the last rites at Seemapuri crematorium in New Delhi on May 23. On May 19, MoHFW’s data showed 4,529 deaths in the preceding 24 hours, making it the highest single-day death toll anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic, HT reported. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Health workers accompany villagers currently residing at a containment zone in Burha Mayong village, Assam on May 22. India’s Covid-19 tally has increased to 26,752,447 after 222,315 positive cases were detected in the past 24-hour period, HT reported. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Healthcare workers stamp the hands of travellers arriving via outstation trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai on May 22. Recoveries climbed to 23,728,011 while active cases are at 2,720,716, down 84,683 from the previous bulletin. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A person being administered a Covid-19 vaccine at GM SSS 45 in Chandigarh on May 24. On the vaccination front, the dashboard showed 942,722 more doses were administered, taking the total number of doses administered to 196,051,962 until May 23, HT reported. (Keshav Singh / HT Photo)

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A health worker collects a nasal swab from a woman in Burha Mayong village, Assam on May 22. The government-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 1,928,127 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, bringing total number of tests conducted thus far past the 330 million-mark to 330,536,064. (Anupam Nath / AP)