Chennai: In the just concluded month of August, India has set a new record in terms of Covid-19 cases. As per estimates, the country reported close to two million coronavirus cases in the last 30 days.
This is the highest recorded in any country during any month since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also saw a surge in deaths from the virus, with 28,859 fatalities reported in August, a 50 per cent jump from the previous month’s toll.
Meanwhile, with 1,931 new cases on Monday, Pune has now overtaken Delhi to become the city with the maximum number of people infected with the novel coronavirus.
Monday’s addition took Pune’s total case count to 1,75,105, leaving behind Delhi’s 1,74,748, according to figures from the State Public Health department till 31 August.