Covid-19 Factoid: India's grim world record of most cases in a single day

India's single-day jump of 62,000 cases on August 6 was the highest number of cases added by any country on the same day

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases has now breached the 19-million mark. Of these, more than 6 million cases are currently active, while a little over 12 million have managed to recover from the infection. There have been 718,338 fatalities worldwide, half of which have been in just four countries – the US, Brazil, Mexico, and the UK.

In India, there now are over 2 million cases, of which 607,384 are active. The countries have so far seen 1,378,105 recoveries, while over 41,000 people have succumbed to the virus. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh continue to be the