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<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIndia\u2019s daily reported death toll from the coronavirus crisis reached a record high on Thursday, with more than 6,000 people succumbing to the disease.<\/p>\n
That surpassed a record number of daily fatalities reported by the United States this year.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s health ministry data showed 6,148 Covid-related deaths were recorded over a 24-hour period, as daily reported cases remained below 100,000 for the third consecutive day.<\/p>\n
The fatalities rose after one of India\u2019s poorest states, Bihar, revised its total Covid-19 related death toll on Wednesday from about 5,400 to more than 9,400, accounting for people who died at home or in private hospitals,\u00a0Reuters reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n India is fighting a devastating second wave of outbreak that started in February and accelerated in April and early May, which overwhelmed the country\u2019s health-care infrastructure. The sector struggled with shortages of beds, oxygen and medication while many doctors and other health-care workers succumbed to the disease.<\/p>\n While cases peaked in early May, government officials have sounded the alarm over a potential third wave that could hit the country later this year.<\/p>\n Experts say that ramping up the vaccination program is the way forward for India, both to bring its economy out of the Covid crisis and to mitigate the effects of a third wave. But the rollout, which began in January, faced problems including a vaccine shortage, resulting in less than 5% of the population so far receiving both doses.<\/p>\n The government estimates that\u00a0more than 2 billion doses of vaccine<\/a>\u00a0could be available by December as more vaccine candidates are expected to receive regulatory approval. Prime Minister\u00a0Narendra Modi<\/a>\u00a0this week said that India will\u00a0provide free Covid-19 vaccines to all adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n India has reported more than 29 million cases and over 353,000 deaths since the pandemic began last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n