India Adds Record 10,956 New COVID-19 Cases

According to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India added 10,956 new COVID-19 cases to take the total case count to 2,97,535. A record 396 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours to take the death toll to 8,498. India is now the fourth-worst hit nation in the world overtaking the UK. Only the USA, Brazil and Russia have reported more cases than India.