India on Monday surpassed Brazil making it the second worst-hit country due to the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the US. India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record spike of 90,802 cases in a day. India now has the fastest-growing coronavirus caseload in any country in the world, reporting more than 90,000 new infections per day. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,614, while Brazil's tally currently stands at 41.3 lakh.

So far, 32,50,429 people have recuperated pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday. Whereas, the death toll climbed to 71,642, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India's COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.7 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4,95,51,507 samples have been tested up to September 6 with 7,20,362 samples being tested on Sunday.

India on Monday surpassed Brazil making it the second worst-hit country due to the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the US. India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record spike of 90,802 cases in a day. India now has the fastest-growing coronavirus caseload in any country in the world, reporting more than 90,000 new infections per day. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,614, while Brazil's tally currently stands at 41.3 lakh.

So far, 32,50,429 people have recuperated pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday. Whereas, the death toll climbed to 71,642, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India's COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.7 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4,95,51,507 samples have been tested up to September 6 with 7,20,362 samples being tested on Sunday.