September 10 (UPI) – As the number of COVID-19 infections approached the 28 million threshold, the number of dead worldwide exceeded 900,000 on Wednesday, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
The number of infections also increased to nearly 300,000 on Wednesday, or 27. 87 million since the first diagnosed case in the city of Wuhan in central China in December.
Nearly a third of Wednesday’s cases were reported in India, where fitness compiled a one-day record of 95,735 infections.
India, the world’s most populous country with 1. 38 billion inhabitants, has continuously established and damaged infection records since it expired last month as it struggles to involve the virus, which has spread exponentially within its borders since its first expired cases were diagnosed. . January.
His ministry of fitness said that almost all cases occurred in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
The Asian country jumped to Brazil last week as the second largest infection in the world, with 4. 46 million cases, it is the last hole with the United States, the world’s sickest country with 6. 3 million infections.
India also reported 1,172 deaths Wednesday for a total of 75,062, representing third place among Brazil’s 128,539 deaths.