Medical workers in India recorded 362,727 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected people to 23,703,665.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported on Thursday.

The number of COVID-19 fatalities grew by 4,120 reaching 258,317. India confirmed a record high number of coronavirus deaths last Thursday (4,205), while on May 9, it reported 4,092 fatalities.

India has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after the United States and the third-highest number of fatalities after the US and Brazil.