A health worker takes a swab test of a women at a temple in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 18, 2020. India crossed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday, third only to the United States and Brazil, prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country's feeble health care system. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India has recorded 40,425 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since the outbreak began, the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced today.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India has now reached 1,118,043, the third-highest in the world, according to the Indian government.
India reported 681 new deaths today, raising the country’s death toll to 27,497.
Delhi said it has so far tested more than 14 million people countrywide for coronavirus, in an attempt to get a handle on the country’s expanding epidemic.
