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GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Sunday reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, with a total increase of 307,930 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases were in India, the United States and Brazil, according to the agency’s website. Deaths increased by 5,537 to a total of 917,417.
India reported 94,372 new cases, followed by the United States with 45,523 new infections and Brazil with 43,718.
Both the United States and India each reported more than 1,000 new deaths and Brazil reported 874 lives lost in the past 24 hours.
The previous WHO record for new cases was 306,857 on September 6. The agency reported a record 12,430 deaths on April 17.
India leads the world in new cases reported each day and set a world record last week with 97,570 cases reported in a single day, according to a Reuters tally.
In some parts of India, medical oxygen is becoming difficult to find as the total number of cases exceeds 4.75 million. Only the US has registered more cases with 6.5 million.
Covid-19 infections continue to rise in 58 countries, including surges in Argentina, Indonesia, Morocco, Spain and Ukraine, according to a Reuters analysis.
New cases are falling in the US and are down about 44% from a peak of more than 77,000 new cases reported on July 16. Cases in Brazil also have a downward trend.
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