India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total.
The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, raising India’s tally to nearly 4.3 million.
This makes the South Asian country of over 1.3 billion, come second only to the United States in the number of COVID-19 cases
India has been maintaining an upward surge amid ease in nationwide pandemic restrictions to help mitigate the economic pain. India’s overall death toll now stands at 72,775.
Since the onset of the virus, India has been reporting the highest single-day caseload in the world for more than a month.
The rise in cases is partly due to increased testing. The number of daily tests conducted across the country has risen to more than a million. Nearly 3.3 million people in the country have recovered from COVID-19 so far.
While the country is seeing a record number of Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry has been maintaining that there has been a surge in daily recoveries.
The pandemic has been economically devastating for India. Its economy contracted nearly 24% in the second quarter, the worst among the world’s top economies.
On Sunday, for the second straight day, the country recorded the recovery of more than 70,000 patients, taking the total number of recoveries to nearly 3.2 million.
Local experts say that by the end of September, India may even surpass the US— the worst-affected country worldwide—in the severity of the pandemic.
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