India sees lowest one-day rise in corona cases in almost a month

Reuters | Published: September 22, 2020 13:41:25 | Updated: September 22, 2020 16:17:03

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a migrant laborer for a rapid antigen test at the site of an under construction residential complex amidst a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in New Delhi, India on September 19, 2020 — Reuters photo

India reported 75,083 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to federal health data released on Tuesday, the lowest daily tally in almost a month.

There were 1,053 deaths over the same period.

There have been 5.6 million cases in total in the country, second only behind the United States.