India's COVID-19 total cases near 700,000, surpassing Russia as third-highest

Nearly 700,000 COVID-19 cases have now been reported in India, surpassing Russia for the third-highest number of infections. 

India's health ministry on Monday said 425 new deaths and 24,248 new cases were reported in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 19,693 and total cases to 697,413 as of Monday morning.