India marks record single-day COVID-19 deaths

The Indian government on Saturday reported 4,187 COVID-19 deaths, a record single-day total and the first time the number has exceeded 4,000, as highly contagious variants continue to rage across the South Asian country.The number of confirmed infections per day has exceeded 400,000 for three consecutive days, with the country's health authorities confirming 401,078 new cases on Saturday.Health officials said at a press conference on Wednesday that the proportion of highly infectious British mutants has decreased while the number of so-called double mutants, first found in India, has increa…READ FULL ARTICLE