India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases to become third worst-hit nation

India went past Russia on Sunday to become the third worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic with the country's tally of infections crossing 690,000 , according to Worldometer.

Only the US and Brazil are ahead of India in terms of total coronavirus infections.

Russia has 681,251 infections while Brazil has 1,578,376 and the US has 2,954,999 cases, according to Worldometer which compiles the Covid-19 data from around the globe.

According to a PTI tally, India's Covid-19 case load soared to 690,349 while the death toll climbed to 19,683.

However, the Johns Hopkins University in the United States, which has also been compiling