India records over 1,000 Covid-19 fatalities, 62,064 new cases in a day

India on Monday recorded over 1,000 new fatalities due to Covid-19. While 62,064 new cases of infections were detected which pushed the total tally to 2,215,074.

Months into the pandemic, the Covid-19 continues to ravage countries across the world with the US, Brazil and India being the most affected.

On Sunday, the US crossed the 5-million case mark of Covid-19 infections, while Brazil crossed the 3-million mark, and also 100,000 deaths.

In India, Maharashtra which is among the worst affected states from Covid-19 pandemic crossed 500,000 cases.