On Monday, India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced 24,248 new coronavirus cases recorded in the past 24 hours, raising the national total to 697,413 cases.

With the new figures, India surged past Russia’s 680,000 total cases to become the third worst-hit nation globally.

Only the US, with 2.8 million cases and Brazil, with 1.6 million, have more confirmed cases, according to data by John Hopkins University.

This comes as the southern state of Kerala implements a strict week-long lockdown in the capital Thiruvananthapuram.

The lockdown began Monday morning and all non-essential businesses and public transportation are shut down, according to a notification issued by district authorities.