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COVID LIVE Updates: India third nation after US, Brazil to record 300,000 deaths

A policeman sanitizes a hand of a poor child who stands in a line during a free glass of milk and biscuit packet distribution organised by Kolkata police amid coronavirus emergency in Kolkata, India, 23 May, 2021. India has surpassed Nigeria when it comes to having the largest population of people living in extreme poverty. India added another 85 million poor to its existing huge numbers that have somehow been surviving below the poverty line. The devastating second wave of Covid-19 may leave a still bigger dent in poverty estimates according to an Indian media report.      (Photo by Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
India has surpassed Nigeria when it comes to having the largest population of people living in extreme poverty. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Single day spike of 2,40,842 COVID-19 infections, 3,741 fatalities push India's tally of cases to 2,65,30,132, death toll to 2,99,266, said the Government on Sunday.

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