India overtakes Russia, third most coronavirus infected country in the world

India, which on Sunday (July 5) recorded a single-day spike of 21,514 COVID-19 cases, is inching its way up the COVID-19 list of most-affected countries, and has taken over Russia as the third-most affected nation.

India is currently the third worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the



US and Brazil, and is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll.

With a single-day surge of 21,514 coronavirus infections and 412 fatalities, India’s COVID-19 caseload jumped to 6,95,418, while the death toll climbed to 19,692 on Sunday (July 5), according to covid19india.org.