NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India reported 131,968 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, a record increase for a third straight day, data from the health ministry showed.
Deaths rose by 780 to a total of 167,642.
With an overall tally at 13.06 million, India’s overall caseload was the third-highest globally, behind the United States and Brazil.
(Reporting by Neha Arora and Rama Venkat; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
