India Surpasses Russia As Third-worst Affected Country

India has become the third-worst hit country after surpassing Russia in the total number of COVID-19 cases reported. An increase of 24,248 cases has taken India's case count to 6,97,413. Russia has reported 6,81,251 cases. Only the US and Brazil have reported more cases than India.

425 patients succumbed to the disease as the death toll rose to 19,693. There are 2,53,287 active cases while 4,24,432 patients have been cured or discharged so far.