India overtakes Brazil as country second-worst hit by COVID-19
- By Reuters -
- Sep 07, 2020
BENGALURU: India’s coronavirus infections surged past 4.2 million on Monday as it overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of cases.
With 4,204,613 infections, India is nearly 70,000 cases ahead of Brazil, which will post its most recent numbers later on Monday.
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India, with a daily record 90,802 cases on Monday, also has the fastest-growing case load. The United States, with more than 6 million cases, remains the worst-affected country.
Deaths in India have been relatively low so far, but it has posted more than 1,000 deaths for each of the last five days.
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On Monday, India’s health ministry said 1,016 people died of COVID-19, taking total mortalities to 71,642.