India continues reporting record high daily COVID cases

More than 261,000 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the fourth consecutive day with more than 200,000 daily cases.

India has reported yet another new record of daily coronavirus cases as hospitals in the capital, New Delhi, and other parts of the country overflow with patients and experts warn the healthcare system is teetering on the brink of collapse. The health ministry revealed on Sunday that 261,500 cases were registered in the past 24 hours, the fourth consecutive day when the country has reported more than 200,000 daily cases. The figure pushed the total number of cases past 14.7 million, second only to the United States in terms of the number of coronavirus infections.