A health worker shows the result of a nasal swab test for the coronavirus during a door to door test drive in Gauhati, India, Saturday. India has registered a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the worst single-day spike in the world, as the government continues to further ease pandemic restrictions nationwide. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 948 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities to 63,498. India now has the fastest-growing daily coronavirus caseload of any country in the world, and has reported more than 75,000 infections for the fourth consecutive day. The South Asian country has the third-highest caseload after the United States and Brazil, and its fatalities are the fourth-highest.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2020 10:07 UTC