India records highest deaths in month

Global cases cross 27.55m with 897,919 deaths

FE Team | Published: September 08, 2020 23:45:25

India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed, report agencies.
The health ministry said 1,133 people had died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours ending Tuesday morning, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to 72,775. But new daily cases were at 75,809, the lowest in a week.
India surpassed Brazil on Monday to become the country with the most number of coronavirus cases outside of the United States and has a cumulative caseload of 4.28 million.
The global total of confirmed coronavirus cases stands at more than 27.55 million. More than 897,919 people have died, while 19.6 million have recovered
The United States remains the worst-hit nation by the pandemic, with 6,300,431 cases and 189,207 deaths, accounting for more than one fifth of the global death toll.
India has become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic on Monday.
India has been recording the world's largest daily coronavirus caseload for almost a month even as the government pushes to open businesses to revive a contracting economy.
Meanwhile, the third worst-hit country Brazil has counted 4,147,794 cases and 126,960 deaths.
Other countries with over 30,000 fatalities include Mexico, Britain, Italy and France.
Report from Frankfurt adds: Nine leading US and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
The companies, including Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca, issued what they called a "historic pledge" after a rise in concern that safety and efficacy standards might slip in the rush to find a vaccine.