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New daily Covid deaths record in India

India has reported the highest number of deaths with Covid-19 since the pandemic began.

A record 3,689 coronavirus-related deaths were reported on Sunday. Amid the surge in coronavirus cases, votes are being counted in 5 Indian states where elections to their assemblies took place last month.

Also in the programme: we assess President Biden's plans for a post-Covid economic recovery; and the importance of wasps. .

(Picture: A healthcare worker gives a dose of vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India to a woman at a hospital in New Delhi.
Credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

53 minutes

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  • Sun 2 May 202106:06GMT