India has jumped to the third most heavily infected country in the world as the nation surpassed 4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus Saturday. It reported nearly 70,000 deaths, trailing behind the United States with 6.2 million cases and more than 188,000 deaths and Brazil, which reported nearly 4.1 million cases and over 125,000 deaths, according to John Hopkins University data. INDIA RECORDS BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY CORONAVIRUS INFECTION SPIKE WITH 78,761 NEW CASESWith one of the largest global populations, the 1.4 billion-person country is seeing a massive number of confirmed cases, months into the pandemic. India enforced strict lockdown measures in March, which lasted for two months, allowing health care workers to plan on how to manage the crowded nation’s impending coronavirus surge. India added 86,432 new cases in the last 24-hours, contributing to the reported 4,023,179 case load.

Source: Fox News September 05, 2020 23:48 UTC