India sees surge in COVID cases after harvest festival

India logs 46,164 new cases, the first time since July 7 the country’s single-day infections went past the 45,000 mark.

India has logged 46,164 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with experts saying festival celebrations in the southern state of Kerala were behind the whopping increase in infections. It was the first time since July 7 that the country’s single-day infections went past the 45,000 mark, coronavirus data on the Johns Hopkins University’s website showed on Thursday. The fresh cases were almost 45 percent higher than Tuesday’s 25,467 infections.