India has now taken the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by coronavirus, with more than 6.9 lakh cases as of Sunday evening, quoting state governments data, reports NDTV.
The country overtook Russia, which had 6.8 lakh as per America's Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
India is now preceded only by Brazil and the US. Brazil has over 15 lakh cases and the US has more than 28 lakh.
India added a record number of coronavirus cases on Sunday. In its daily morning update, the health ministry reported just under 25,000 cases and 613 deaths in 24 hours -- the biggest daily spike since the first case was detected in late January.
The surge, that took the number of deaths to 19,268, came as infections rose in the western and southern parts of the country amid heavy monsoon rains.
Maharashtra, the worst-hit state and home to the densely packed financial hub Mumbai, recorded over 7,000 new cases while Tamil Nadu and Delhi recorded more than 4,200 and 2,500 fresh cases respectively.
India had imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns in March to control the virus spread, but it has been eased in phases in recent weeks to restart economic activity.