With total cases of more than 4.65 million, India is the world's second worst affected country, trailing only the United States, which has more than 6.4 million cases. Total COVID-19 deaths stood at 77,472, putting India in third place in a ranking of countries' fatalities. But the growth in infections in India is faster than anywhere else in the world, as cases surge through urban and rural areas. If the state, which is India's richest, were a country, it would rival Russia for the fourth highest number of coronavirus cases globally. In some parts of the state, medical oxygen was becoming hard to find.

Source: bd News24 September 12, 2020 16:41 UTC