Massive rise in the Coronavirus cases in India

Massive rise in the Coronavirus cases in India

*NEW DELHI: India reported the year’s biggest daily increase in COVID-19cases on Sunday, with 25,320 new infections, a day ahead of a lockdown inthe western state of Maharashtra, the epicentre of the renewed surge.*

The just was the biggest since Dec. 16, according to federal health data.India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases,behind the United States and Brazil.

India’s COVID-19 deaths rose by 161 to 158,607 over the last 24 hours,Sunday’s data show, compared to an average of about 100 since earlyFebruary.

Nagpur district in Maharashtra will lock down on Monday for the first timesince nationwide curbs were lifted in June. The state reported the highestnumber of infections with 2.3 million cases.