Relatives mourn as they stand outside an ambulance carrying a body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
India reported its smallest daily rise in coronavirus deaths since August 3 of 776, data from the health ministry showed on Tuesday, as global fatalities crossed 1 million and infections surged in several countries.
The South Asian country’s coronavirus case tally rose to 6.15 million after it reported 70,589 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data, while total deaths stood at 96,318.
Though India’s death toll is a relatively low 1.6 per cent of total cases, the country, along with the United States and Brazil, account for nearly 45 per cent of global Covid-19 fatalities.
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