NEW DELHI: As the third wave of coronavirus grips the country, India reported a record 115,736 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total to 12.80 million, data from the health ministry showed.
Deaths rose by 630 to 166,177.
The next four weeks in India’s fight against COVID-19 will be “very, very critical,” said senior government health official Vinod Kumar Paul, warning that the respiratory disease was now spreading much faster than in 2020.
“The pandemic has worsened in the country…There is a serious rise in cases,” Paul told reporters.
