India’s 161736 new coronavirus infections are world’s highest

India’s 161736 new coronavirus infections are world’s highest

People wait in a line to enter the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai. Reuters India reported 161, 736 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, hitting the world's highest daily tally once again, for a total of 13. 69 million cases, health ministry data showed. Deaths rose by 879 to 171, 058. Numbers typically fall on Tuesdays because of delayed results from tests done on weekends. The numbers have also fallen sharply from earlier in September when daily cases averaged around 93, 000 in India. More than 1. 1 million samples have been tested daily on an average so far in October, according to the Health Ministry. India's coronavirus case load topped 7 million on Sunday and the country has added a million cases in just 13 days. It has the second-highest number of infections, behind the United States which is approaching the 8 million mark. According to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Monday the recoveries surged to 88, 47, 600. The death toll climbed to 1, 37, 139 after 443 more fatalities were reported. India has the world's second-highest caseload, but daily infections have dipped steadily since hitting a