With 83,029 fresh cases on September 2, India recorded its biggest single-day surge of COVID-19, crossing the 83,000 mark for the first time since the outbreak. More worryingly, India has crossed the 80,000 mark for the third time in the last four days alone. As per reports, no other country in the world has come close to the 83,000 mark per day. The US set its record of daily infections at 77,255 cases in a day.