India hits world record of 314,000 new daily cases of coronavirus

Friday, 18:47, 23/04/2021

VOV correspondent in India

(VOVWORLD) - India recorded more than 314,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24-hour period, the highest daily case count in a single country since the virus appeared.

A woman in India's state of Uttar Pradesh in a COVID-19 test. Photo: Xinhua/VNA

Deaths also rose by 2,104 on Wednesday, which is the country's worst recorded daily death toll.

More than 15.9 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 in India. Previously the US had the record, with 300,310 cases on January 2.