https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/08/india/tamil-nadu-covid-intl-hnk/index.html

By Manveena Suri andNectar Gan, CNN

Updated 11:13 AM ET, Sat May 8, 2021

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New Delhi (CNN)India’s daily Covid-19 death toll surpassed 4,000 for the first time on Saturday, with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest state to announce a complete lockdown to curbsurging infections.The country’s health ministry reported a record 4,187 fatalities for the previous 24 hours, as well as more than 400,000 new infections for the third day in a row. India has now reported more than 21 million cases and 238,000 related deaths since the pandemic began.The spiraling crisis is stretching India’s health care systembeyond breaking point. Beds, oxygen and medical workers are in short supply. Some Covid patientsare dying in waiting roomsor outside overwhelmed clinics, before they have even been seen by a doctor.

India is spiraling deeper into…