India reports record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections

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FILE PHOTO: A relative wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to a body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

August 28, 2020

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India reported a record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total to 3.39 million, as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed.

India has reported the highest single-day caseload in the world every day since Aug. 7, a Reuters tally showed, and is the third-most affected country behind only the United States and Brazil.

Deaths in the same period went up by 1,057, taking the total toll to 61,529.

(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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