The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil’s total, the second highest in the world.
The 83,341 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total past 3.9 million, according to the health ministry. Brazil has confirmed more than 4 million infections while the US has more 6.1 million people infected, according to Johns Hopkins University, AP reported.
India added nearly 2 million coronavirus cases in August alone. Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai are its worst-hit cities, but new hotspots continue to feed surges in cases in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other states.
