Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox India has set a global record with more than 314,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in a day.
A surge of the deadly virus in the world's second most populous country has sent more people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 cases added in the past 24 hours raises India's 15.9 million tally since the pandemic began - which is the second highest total in the world following the US.
The Times of India newspaper said the previous highest daily case count of 307,581 was reported in the US on January 8. Deaths in India, which has nearly 1.4 billion people, increased by a further 2,104 over the past 24