India reported more than 200,000 COVID-19 new cases in a single day Thursday, more than doubling its previous record as the nation experiences a second wave of infections.
April 15 (UPI) — India reported 200,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,000 deaths Thursday amid a second surge in the virus. The nation has reported more than 1.9 million new cases and 10,600 deaths since the beginning of this month, including 652,000 infections between April 1 and April 7, according to tallies by CNBC. Thursday’s increase was the highest daily number of new cases since the start of the pandemic and more than double the previous record in 2020. Earlier this week, India surpassed Brazil in total infections since the start of the pandemic with 14.
