NEW DELHI: India has become the third nation after the US and Brazil to cross as many as three lakh deaths due to COVID-19. The United States is the worst-affected country with over 6 lakh Covid deaths followed by Brazil with over 4.5 lakh deaths. The official count of Covid deaths in India crossed 3.02 lakh on Sunday.

The first Covid death was reported in the country on March 13, 2020. Then it took 203 days (October 2) for the death toll to cross one lakh. It then took 206 days (April 27, 2021) for the death toll to two lakhs. Then in just 26 days, one lakh people died, thereby taking the death toll to three lakh.