India’s total coronavirus cases surged beyond 4 million with a record rise on Saturday, making it the third country in the world to surpass that mark, following the United States and Brazil. | reuters
An Indian doctor collects details as a health worker collects nasal swab samples of teachers to test for COVID-19 at a school before classes open in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. India, the world’s third most affected country, has been reporting the highest single-day caseload in the world for more than three weeks and is fast emerging as the new coronavirus epicenter.
MUMBAI— India’s total coronavirus cases surged beyond 4 million with a record rise on Saturday, making it the third country in the world to surpass that mark, following the United States and Brazil. India added 86,432 cases of the new virus on Saturday, a global daily record, according to data from the federal health ministry.Infections rose across the country, including in the capital New Delhi and the large states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The jump to more than 4 million cases comes only 13 days after India reached 3 million cases, accelerating sharply from the more than 100 days it took to increase by the previous 1 million.
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