India's tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported a big jump in deaths.
India was at the centre of the global COVID-19 crisis this time last year but the situation has improved since then and most precautions including the wearing of masks have recently been dropped.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox
Authorities reported 2,183 new infections on Monday, taking the running total to more than 43 million, according to health ministry data. India has reported a total of about 522,000 deaths from the coronavirus though many global experts have said its real death toll could be up to four million, from several hundred million cases.
Apart from Kerala, Delhi and the states of Maharashtra and Haryana reported triple-digit increases in infections in the past 24 hours. Hospitalisations have remained low though.
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