India reports 5,609 new COVID-19 cases, total surpasses 110,000

India reports 5,609 new COVID-19 cases, total surpasses 110,000

India reported 5,609 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 112,359, data from the country's health ministry showed on Thursday.

The coronavirus death toll in India now stands at 3,435, up from 3,303 the previous day.

The number of coronavirus infections has recently surged in India. Total infections surpassed 50,000 on May 7, and the figure doubled in under two weeks.

A policeman stands past migrant workers and their families waiting for transport to reach to a railway station to board trains to their home states, after a limited reopening of India's rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, in Ahmedabad, India, May 15, 2020. /Reuters