India records highest daily number of COVID-19 infections in five months

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India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday, with the second wave of the disease driven by surging ...

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks crowd a marketplace amidst the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on Mar 22, 2021. NEW DELHI: India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday , with the second wave of the disease driven by surging infections in the country's richest state Maharastra.

A total of 68,020 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. It was the highest daily rise since Oct 11, according to a Reuters tally.India has been reporting a spike in cases - above the 60,000 mark - for three consecutive days, though Monday's rise was still below September's peak of more than 90,000 cases a day.

The total number of cases since the epidemic began a year ago crossed the 12 million mark, making India the hardest hit country outside the United States and Brazil. Some experts believe the truer figure would be more than 300 million due to insufficient testing, though that has improved.AdvertisementMaharastra, the western state where country's financial capital Mumbai is located, recorded its highest ever daily case rise with 40,414.

 

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