COVID-19: India has now recorded 78,586 fatalities

By MSV Last updated Sep 15, 2020

The World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 307,930 in 24 hours.

The biggest increases were from India, the US and Brazil, according to the agency’s website, cited by Reuters. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of 917,417.

India reported 94,372 new cases, followed by the US with 45,523 new infections and Brazil with 43,718.

India has now recorded 78,586 fatalities from the disease.

Both the US and India each reported over 1,000 new deaths and Brazil reported 874 lives lost in the past 24 hours.

According to Reuters, the previous WHO record for new cases was 306,857 on Sept. 6. The agency reported a record 12,430 deaths on April 17.

India leads the world in new cases reported each day and set a global record last week with 97,570 cases reported in a single day, according to a Reuters tally.

In some parts of India, medical oxygen is becoming hard to find as total cases exceed 4.75 million, Reuters added.