Singapore, Sept. 27 -- Despite strict lockdowns, India has emerged as a global coronavirus hot spot that could outstrip the US at the rate daily cases are rising.
The last 24 hours up to Saturday saw 85,362 new infections in India, taking the total past 5.9 million cases.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has blamed "irresponsible behaviour" amid slowly eased restrictions for the daily surge in cases, while experts believe it is also a failure in communicating the importance of maintaining practices like social distancing, particularly difficult in densely populated cities.
Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, who was hospitalised after testing positive for the coronavirus last month, died on Friday, aged 74. To date, some 92,290 people have die...