India records 75,809 new COVID-19 cases, 1133 new deaths recorded
New Delhi: India witnessed a small decrease in the number of daily COVID-19 cases as 75,809 fresh cases were registered in the past 24 hours.
The death toll due to the disease now stands at 72775 as 1133 new deaths were reported due to the highly infectious disease.
The number of active cases in the country now stands at 883697.
So far, 3323950 people have been discharged.
Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 890,000 on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The global death toll from the virus rose to 890,064, with a caseload of more than 27.2 million worldwide as of 3:28 p.m. (1928 GMT), the CSSE data showed, reports Xinhua.
The United States remains at the top of the chart in terms of the caseload and death toll, with 6,296,629 cases and 189,114 deaths, accounting for more than 20 percent of the global deaths.
Brazil recorded 126,650 deaths, followed by India with 71,642 fatalities. Meanwhile, India just surpassed Brazil to be the country with the second largest number of cases, which stood at 4,204,613.
Other countries with over 30,000 fatalities include Mexico, Britain, Italy and France.
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