According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of samples tested on Sunday was 1,51,432, up from 1,43,737 on Saturday. India now ranks third, behind Brazil and the US in the daily increase in COVID-19 cases (7-day rolling average) across the world. In the number of deaths registered every day, India ranks fourth below Brazil, the US and Mexico. It again ranks fourth in terms of total number of cases behind the US (with nearly 2.1 million), Brazil (8,50,514) and Russia (5,28,267) and ninth in total fatalities, according to the Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 tracker. The comparable testing rates for the US, Russia and the UK are 70,000, 99,870 and 55,860 respectively.

Source: bd News24 June 14, 2020 19:18 UTC