COVID-19
India sets global record with single-day rise of new COVID-19 infections
India’s single-day tally of 78,761 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday was the highest reported by any nation since the pandemic started.
This surpassed the United States’ July 16 figure of 77,299 cases, a Reuters tally indicated.
India, the world’s second-most populous nation is the third-worst affected country after the United States and Brazil.
However, India’s daily tallies have surpassed those of both the US and Brazil for the past two weeks and continue to climb.
On Saturday, India recorded a surge of 76,472 new cases over a 24 hour period but Sunday’s tally added over 2,000 more cases to that figure.
India’s total now stands at 3,542,733.