India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed.
Deaths in the same period jumped by 983, with the total now at 54,849. India is the worst-hit country in Asia, and third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total cases of the coronavirus.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
India ramps up testing, reports record number of new Covid-19 casesHealth Ministry reports 69,652 new infections of the virus, setting yet another record for the number of infections registered in a single day and pushing the country's total past 2.8 million.
Read more »
What's on TV Friday: 'Bad Education' on HBO; 'Being Reuben'What's on TV Friday, Aug. 21: 'Bad Education' on HBO; 'Being Reuben'; Senate hearing on U.S. Postal Service on C-SPAN
Read more »
For India, the diplomatic battle for Bangladesh has just begunWhy is Dhaka, a long-time ally of New Delhi, slowly gravitating towards China and also revisiting its fraught relationship with its foe Pakistan?
Read more »
Asia Today: India has record high of 69,000 more infectionsNEW DELHI (AP) — India counted another record high of new coronavirus infections Thursday as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day. The 69,652 new cases pushed India's total past...
Read more »
India faces protracted slowdown as virus clouds rural revivalIndia is staring at a protracted slowdown as coronavirus cases reach its countryside, with signs of recovery in the rural economy hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'at best a mitigating factor', government officials and analysts said.
Read more »
Kamala Harris and the inspiration of India — and her mother.Sen. Harris' Indian heritage and pioneering mother propelled her along with a family history of taking chances, and bold choices, her uncle Gopalan Balachandran tells NBCNews at his home in New Delhi.
Read more »