India 5th worst-hit Covid-19 country with 246,662 cases: Johns Hopkins data

Country's deaths from the coronavirus epidemic still low compared to advanced Western nations.

India is the fifth most-affected nation in the cornoanvirus pandemic in terms of total number of cases, according to data compiled by USA's Johns Hopkins University.

India had 246,662 cases and 6,946 deaths from the disease, according to Johns Hopkins on Sunday. The US, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom were ranked one to four. India’s deaths from the disease put it at number 12.

India was the sixth most-affected nation in in terms of total number of cases, according to data put out by its health ministry Saturday.

The ministry data said India reported 9,887 new coronavirus cases in