Coronavirus: India reports another record daily rise with 90,632 cases

1. New Delhi: India reported a record daily jump of 90,632 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 41-lakh mark, Health Ministry data this morning showed, as it closes in on Brazil as the world’s second-most affected nation from the virus.

   The Indian Council of Medical Research has tested 4,88,31,145 samples till Saturday, including 10,92,654 tests conducted on September 5.

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1. With the latest count, India is likely to soon overtake the tally of infections in Brazil, which has 41.23 lakh cases so far, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. Only the United States which has so far reported 62,43,911 infections, is ahead of these two countries. India is the third-worst affected country in terms of the number of Covid-19 deaths, behind the US (1,88,514) and Brazil (1,25,521).

   Globally, the virus has infected 2.67 crore people, and 8.77 lakh have died due to it, according to Johns Hopkins University. Over 1.78 crore people across the world have recovered from the infection.