Covid-19: Active cases drop for 3rd day but deaths touch record 4.2k

Active Covid-19 cases in India have decreased for three straight days for the first time since early March, as has the seven-day average of daily cases, both indicating that the country may have reached, or is closing to reaching, the peak of the devastating second wave of the pandemic. However, deaths from the virus surged again on Tuesday to 4,205, the highest daily toll recorded in the country till date.