India touch 2.4 million mark as over 65,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in a single day.

India has recorded a total of 2.4 million Covid-19 cases after 64,553 new cases were reported on August 14, 2020.

India has recorded a total of 2.4 million Covid-19 cases after 64,553 new cases were reported on August 14, 2020.The gradual loosening of the lockdown norms to allow more economic activities has led to the proliferation of coronavirus cases in India. It is the third worst-hit country in the world after the United States and Brazil as 64,553 new cases were detected in a single day, which pushed the overall tally to over 2.4 million. It was one of the steep rises in a single day. The cumulative Covid-19 cases published by the Ministry of Health showed that 2,461,191 people are infected as of 14 August.

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