India's COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 7,000 Mark

According to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 206 people died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as the death toll rose to 7,135. The total case count increased by 9,983 cases, the highest one-day spike, to take the total case count to 2,56,611. The global case count stands at 6,799,713 while 397,388 people have died due to the disease.