NEWS DELHI : India reported a record 169,000 covid-19 infections on Monday, topping the daily counts of other nations and surpassing Brazil as the world’s second worst-affected country, prompting state governments to impose new curbs on social and economic activity.India gained the grim distinction with a total tally of 13.60 million covid cases compared with Brazil’s 13.48 million, according to Johns Hopkins University’s live tracker.
The US still occupies the top position, but daily infections in the country are sharply lower from the peak. The surge in new infections started in late March and has gathered pace since then as people neglected to take precautions in public.