More Than 4,000 Indians Die of COVID-19 for Second Straight Day

More Than 4,000 Indians Die of COVID-19 for Second Straight Day
Healthcare workers transfer the body of a person who died from COVID-19, in Kolkata, India, on May 12, 2021. Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
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BENGALURU/NEW DELHI—India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, though the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.

Experts remain unsure when numbers will peak and concern is growing about the transmissibility of the variant that is driving infections in India and spreading worldwide.