India Reports Record 273,810 Daily COVID Cases

India's health ministry Monday announced a record 273,810 new COVID cases in the previous 24-hour period while officials in the capital, New Delhi, announced a weeklong lockdown. 

The infections reported Monday are the most the country has seen in a single day since the pandemic began.  About 1 in 3 people tested for COVID-19 in New Delhi recently returned a positive result, according to the city's chief minister Sunday.   "The bigger worry is that in last 24 hours, positivity rate has increased to around 30% from 24%," Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, told a news briefing Sunday.