With 24,248 new cases, India's coronavirus case tally nears 700,000-mark

Another big single-day jump of 24,248 Covid-19 cases took India's tally close to the 700,000-mark on Monday. The death toll due to the disease climbed to 19,693 with 425 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry.

With this, the country has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infection for the fourth consecutive day.

India went past Russia on Sunday to become the third worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic. Only the US and Brazil are ahead of India in terms of total coronavirus infections.
 

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