Doctor attending to Covid-19 patients in India
By Our Reporter
India is has emerged the third most hit country with cases of coronavirus, setting the world record in reporting the biggest single-day jump. The country recorded 78,761 cases in one fell swoop.
This huge record set on Sunday eclipsed the 77,299 cases reported in the United States on 16 July.
India now has 3.54 million cases, just 250,000 lower than Brazil’s 3,862,311 cases.
Emerging as the second worst hit is Brazil while the United States remains the clear grim leader by miles.
By Sunday night, the U.S.has reported 6,173,236 COVID-19 cases and 187,000 deaths.
India, number three in the world has a death toll of 63,498, about half of Brazil’s 120,896.
The federal health ministry data showed that India’s COVID-19 death toll jumped by 948 to hit the new figure.
