India's coronavirus death toll hits 20,000

India’s total number of confirmed cases reached nearly 700,000 with 24,248 new cases reported in a single day, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the death toll has hit 20,000.

India has now overtaken Russia with the world's third largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, behind the U.S. and Brazil, accounting for about one-tenth of the more than 200,000 new cases of COVID-19 worldwide in a single day.