COVID: India overtakes Brazil as world’s second worst-hit country

COVID: India overtakes Brazil as world’s second worst-hit country

India reported a record daily tally of 168,912 COVID-19 infections on Monday, the world's highest.India now accounts for one in every six daily infections worldwide. Monday's new cases carried it past Brazil, for an overall tally of 13.53 million, data compiled by Reuters shows, placing it second after the United States, with 31.2 million.A full opening of India's economy after last year's crippling lockdown, mass religious festivals and political rallies in states holding elections have worsened a second wave of infections, experts say.Comments Read Next3 hours agoBahrain: 1060 new coronavirus cases detected15 hours agoUAE: 1,810 new cases; 1,652 recoveries announced18 hours agoSaudi: 799 new COVID-19 cases announced20 hours agoPhilippines to ease some Covid restrictions from April 121 day agoIndia reports 152,879 new Covid-19 cases, 839 deaths1 day agoSaudi Arabia administered over 6 million doses of vaccine1 day agoBahrain: Active cases rise to 10,959 with 1,122 new infections2 days agoUAE reports 1,931 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths2 days agoBahrain records 1,206 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths3 days agoPfizer seeks vaccine authorization for 12-15 year olds