India reported 4,187 fatalities on Friday, only the third country after the US and Brazil to report more than 4,000 deaths in a day.
There have been more than 82,000 recorded Coronavirus deaths in the country since February 14, more than half of all earlier fatalities.
India has recorded more cases in 82 days of the second covid wave than in over a year prior to that.
On Thursday, India saw record new jumps in Covid-19 cases and deaths, dashing tentative hopes that a catastrophic recent surge that has stretched hospitals to the limit might be easing.
Health ministry numbers showed…