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 Indian Health Ministry on Thursday reported there were 28,701 new cases of the pandemic (Covid-19).

India’s death toll rose to 500 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to about 878,254 cases.

The country’s death toll rose to 23,174 and there are 301,609 active cases, according to the health ministry’s. There are 553,471 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.