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India records highest daily increase in virus cases globally

by Associated Press
| August 30, 2020 1:03 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Sunday registered a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases, the highest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy.

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