India’s coronavirus cases top 3.2 million
International Desk Published: 26 August 2020, 11:07 AM
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face shield exercises on a treadmill inside a health centre at a club after it was reopened when authorities eased COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Ahmedabad, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
India recorded more than 60,000 cases of COVID-19 for the eighth day in a row on Wednesday, as total cases crossed 3.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.
The world’s second-most populous country is third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total caseload, and has recorded the world’s highest single-day caseload consistently since August 7, a Reuters tally showed.
Deaths in the last 24 hours stood at 1,059, taking the total number of fatalities from the infection to 59,449.
