India coronavirus infections near 4.0m


FE Team | Published: September 04, 2020 16:17:44 | Updated: September 05, 2020 16:56:07


A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a woman for a rapid antigen test as a cow walks past alongside a road, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, Sept 4, 2020. REUTERS

India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 3.94 million, health ministry data showed on Friday, as it closes in on Brazil as the world's second-most affected nation from the virus, reports Reuters. 

Asia's worst-hit country is now just around 60,000 cases behind Brazil, which has around 4 million confirmed cases, according to a Reuters tally. The United States is the worst affected nation, with more than 6 million cases.

India has logged the world's largest daily caseload every day for almost a month as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government pushes to open up the economy to prevent further damage from the pandemic.


Its economy performed worst in the April-June quarter among major economies globally, as the pandemic crippled businesses and forced India's 1.3 billion people to stay indoors for a majority of the quarter.

However, deaths in India from COVID-19 have remained relatively low. The ministry said on Friday 1,096 people died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 68,472.

Globally, 863,863 have died from the disease, out of a total caseload of 26.15 million.

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