Coronavirus: India deaths surpass 500,000; South Korea keeps curbs as Omicron sends cases soaring

India’s death toll from Covid-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level many health experts say was breached last year but obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease.The country, which has the fourth-highest tally of deaths globally, recorded 400,000 fatalities by July last year after the devastating outbreak from the Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to official data. Some experts believe the figures were much…

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