Coronavirus cases in India surge to 2.8 million

India has recorded 64,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day while over 1000 lost their lives to this deadly virus in 24-hours, revealed the official data of health ministry of the world second most populous nation.

The current statistics shows that India now has over 2.8 million coronavirus cases with total 52,889 deaths recorded so far.

India ranks third behind Brazil and the United States of America in terms of coronavirus cases. The outbreak of the virus is spreading rapidly from urbal areas to rural sectors where the health-structure is mumbling.

India was earlier among the few countries that imposed strict lockdowns to stop the spread of the virus, however the cases have increased rapidly since the country has started to reopen.

The massive increase in the numbers of infections is raising concerns as the health-structure of the country is currently overwhelming with patients.

The Indian government states that it has started to test more people to get results and more testing camps are also being established for testing on larger numbers.

Some states in the country are still observing weekend curfews to limit the social-gatherings mainly resulting in a higher risk of infections.