Daily Covid-19 cases below 3 lakh for 3rd day but deaths over 500 for 2nd day

India’s covid tally remained below 3 lakh for the third consecutive day. Deaths, however, crossed the 500 mark for the second day in a row. With data from Tripura yet to come at the time of filing this story, Wednesday’s case count stood at 286,994 cases and 501 deaths.