India's coronavirus death toll nears 145,000

The number of infections has reached 9,977,834, an increase of 26,762 cases in the last 24 hours.

9,520,044 patients suffering from the disease have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

According to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, India is the second worst COVID-hit country in the world after the United States, surpassing Brazil. (ILKHA)