### [2021-05-1](/feed/2021/05/1/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# India reports a new global record of 401,993 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the first time that a country has reported more than 400,000 new cases. This brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 19 million. 

Nation suffers 3,523 deaths as infection surge gains strength


### Sources:

1. [Nikkei Asia](https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/India-s-daily-COVID-19-cases-reach-record-401-993) [Image](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%253A%252F%252Fs3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%252Fpsh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4%252Fimages%252F7%252F6%252F1%252F0%252F33970167-3-eng-GB%252FCropped-16198422942021-04-30T121842Z_1258421406_RC2C6N959MX8_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-OXYGEN.JPG?width=1024&height=512&fit=cover&gravity=faces&source=nar-cms)

### Changes:

1. India reports a new global record of 401,993 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the first country to report more than 400,000 new cases. It brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 19 million.  _2021-05-02 00:20:07 (First version)_
1. India reports a new global record of 401,993 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the first time that a country has reported more than 400,000 new cases. This brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 19 million.  _(Current version)_

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