India's Covid cases fall but deaths remain high; fatality rate rises in May

Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to fall after hitting a peak last week but deaths remained high with close to 4,000 fatalities recorded on Thursday. India reported 3,43,122 fresh cases on Thursday, down from 3,62,720 reported on the previous day, as per TOI's Covid database collated from state government numbers. The country recorded 3,994 deaths in the last 24 hours. India had recorded 4,205 deaths on Tuesday, the highest in a single day till now.