India on Monday overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections.
India has been reporting a rapid increase in new infections in recent weeks, with the surge taking the total toll to 13.5 million cases, above Brazil’s 13.48 million.
Brazil recorded over 497,000 cases with an increasing trend of 10 per cent from the previous week.
The United States – the worst-hit country – reported under 490,000 cases with a rising trend of nine per cent.
Source: Times of India