India has reported another record jump in daily coronavirus infections with 97,894 cases in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed.

According to Reuters, with 5.12 million cases in all, India is the world’s second-worst affected country, and trails only the United States, which has a caseload of around 6.6 million.

People travel in a bus wearing face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak in India. — Reuters
People travel in a bus wearing face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak in India. — Reuters

Deaths, which have been relatively low so far, are showing an uptick, and the country has recorded more than 1,000 deaths every day for the last two weeks.

The federal health ministry said 1,132 people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking total fatalities from the disease to 83,198.

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