India's COVID-19 death toll tops 218,000 amid virus surge

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in India topped 218,000 Monday as the country grapples with a new wave of infection, the Indian government said.India reported 3,417 new deaths over a 24-hour period, which brought the total to 218,959 deaths as of Monday, according to the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The number of deaths in the country is now the third highest in the world after the U.S. and Brazil, exceeding Mexico at 217,233, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.With 368,147 new cases over the past 24-hour period, India confirmed 19,925,604 total cases…READ FULL ARTICLE