India Overtakes Russia To Reach Third Spot On COVID-19 Worst-Hit List, Other Stories

India has now taken the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by coronavirus. The country logged more than 6.9 lakh cases on Sunday evening, according to data from state governments, overtaking Russia, which had 6.8 lakh as per America's Johns Hopkins University (JHU). India is now preceded only by Brazil and the US. Brazil has over 15 lakh cases and the US has more than 28 lakh.

With four consecutive days of record highs in new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), India on Sunday went past Russia in total infections to become the third biggest hot spot of the virus, ranking only behind the US and Brazil.

With a record single-day surge of 27,904 coronavirus infections and 676 deaths, India's Covid-19 count zoomed past 6.90 lakhs, while death count rose to 19,331 on Sunday.
India's health research agency on Saturday said that clinical trials on its candidate Covid-19 vaccine would follow "best practices and rigour", prompting scientists to suggest it was trying to regain credibility it had lost by mandating a mid-August vaccine launch.