India now has become the third-highest corona affected country in the world overtaking Russia according to its health ministry.

In the last 24 hours, the highest number of cases were recorded in a single day. The Union Health Ministry on Thursday reported there were 26,506 new cases of the pandemic (Covid-19).

India’s death toll rose to 475 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to about 793,802 cases.

The country’s death toll rose to 21,604 and there are 276,685 active cases, according to the health ministry’s. There are 495,112 people who have been successfully discharged across the country till date, has pushed the recovery rate to 60%.

India imposed a stringent lockdown in March to control the spread of the virus but has been reduced in recent weeks to resume economic activity. Now, infection numbers have skyrocketed since the government ease lockdown.

Epidemiologists warned that the risk of corona in India would increase in the coming weeks and months. Health experts say the true extent of the pandemic spread in India is unknown and that the country must test more.