Setting new global record, India registers new single-day spike of 77,266 COVID cases

New Delhi, Aug 28: India's Covid-19 pandemic continued to escalate as a record 77,266 fresh were reported in 24 hours, bringing the total count to 33,87,500, according to data from the Union Health Ministry this morning.

An additional 1,057 new deaths brought the overall death count to 61,529.

India has the third-highest number of virus infections in the world, after the United States and Brazil.

25,83,948 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, taking the recovery rate to 76.27 per cent. Maharashtra remains the hardest-hit state in the pandemic, accounting for 7,33,568 cases.