India: 27.5 thousand become a victim of COVID-19

With more than 40,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India now has 1 118 043 million infections, Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

 As many as 681 casualties were reported in the country, taking the toll to 27,497. There are over 7 lakh recoveries, while nearly 4 lakh are still active cases. It is the first time that India has reported more than 40,000 infections. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases, followed by Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat.

India is now the world's worst-hit country by a coronavirus. There are active 390 459 active cases with 700 086 recoveries.

According to the latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University, 14,430,943 cases have been detected worldwide, with 604,725 deaths and 8,105,360 people recovered.

In India, there have been 1,077,781 confirmed cases and 26,816 deaths, with 677,423 people rescued from the virus.