From 1 lakh to 2 lakh: India’s daily covid cases double in just 10 days

India added a record over 2 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data showed. The number of new infections in a day has more than doubled since early April, with a cumulative total of 1,40,74,564 cases. This week, it overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases.