India hits 400,000, Russia begins third wave

However, many experts estimate that the death toll exceeds one million, after the virulent increase in cases in April and May.

As of May 24, India had passed 300,000 deaths and a downward trend was expected, but added 100,000 new deaths in just over a month, in a rapid increase attributed to the more contagious Delta variant and to the overconfidence of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after announcing that the country had overcome the pandemic in January.

Currently, the number of daily infections is drastically dropping and many restrictions have been lifted, raising fears of further outbreaks in the months to come.

Likewise, Russia today ruled out imposing population containment despite having reported 679 new coronavirus-related deaths, a new record for the fourth day in a row in the country severely affected by the Delta variant.

The death toll since the start of the pandemic has risen to 136,565, the National Coronavirus Operational Center reported, while infections on the last day were 23,218, the highest figure since mid-January , when the country left a second wave of coronavirus.