India reported a record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total to 3.39 million, as cases surged across the country, data from the Health Ministry showed.
India has reported the highest single-day caseload in the world every day since August 7, a Reuters tally showed, and is the third-most affected country behind only the US and Brazil.
Deaths in the same period went up by 1,057, taking the total toll to 61,529.
Caption: A relative wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to the body of a man who died due to Covid-19, before his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India on Saturday, August 22, 2020 <strong>Reuters</strong>