A medical worker takes a swab sample from man for a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test at a test center, in Srinagar on April 8, 2021. Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP
NEW DELHI — India reported a record-high 126,789 new COVID-19 cases, health ministry data showed on Thursday, with much of the country struggling to contain a second surge in coronavirus infections.
Deaths rose by 685, taking the tally to 166,862, the data showed.
India’s overall caseload reached 12.9 million, the third-most affected globally, behind the United States and Brazil.