India Records 77,226 New Cases Of COVID-19 In 24 Hours, Total Number Of Cases Hit 3.38 Million

India has recorded 77,226 new cases of coronavirus under 24 hours making it the highest single-day caseload in the world and its total cases has hit 3.38 million.

India has seen a large spike in number of new Coronavirus cases after 77,226 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day caseload in the world.

India now has a total of more than 3.38 million cases since the start of the pandemic with 46 percent of infections detected in August alone.

The country also reported 1,057 new deaths, the Health Ministry said earlier today, taking the total to 61,529.

The figures show that India has been recording more than 60,000 new daily infections since August 7, the highest single-day caseload in the world every day for three weeks.

The country’s previous highest daily count was 75,760 recorded on Wednesday, August 26.

India now has the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the World after the United States and Brazil.