Coronavirus India Live Updates: Global death toll crosses 4 million mark

Thursday, 8 July 2021Newsdesk

The global coronavirus death toll has crossed the grim four million mark. This comes as countries around the world rush to vaccinate their populations in the wake of more virulent variants causing fresh surges of the deadly virus.

New Delhi, 08 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, India reported 45,892 new coronavirus cases and 817 deaths in the last 24 hours, ending 8 am on Thursday. With this, the country’s overall caseload has risen to 3,07,09,557, while its death toll has climbed to 4,05,028. The number of active cases in the country has dropped to 4,60,704. In other news, nearly a month after testing positive for Covid for a second time,Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away on Thursday, doctors told ANI. He was 87. As a mark of respect to the former chief minister, the state government has decided to observe three days of state mourning, from 8th July to 10th July.

Source - indianexpress.com