India's Covid-19 cases cross 20 million, opposition calls for national lockdown


Health workers attending to patients inside a Commonwealth Games village centre temporarily converted into a Covid-19 care facility in New Delhi on May 2, 2021. - AFP

SATARA/AHMEDABAD, India, May 4 (Reuters): Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi called for a nationwide lockdown as the country's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, becoming the second nation after the United States to pass the grim milestone.

India's deadly second wave of infections, the world's biggest surge in coronavirus infections, has seen it take just over four months to add 10 million cases, versus more than 10 months for its first 10 million.

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