One of India's most popular tourist sites, the Taj Mahal, is going to reopen to visitors on 21 September, even though India is seeing record numbers of new cases and deaths.

According to Uttar Pradesh state's Tourism Department, visitors to the monument will have to follow "all Covid-19 protocols, like physical distancing [and] masks".

The department's director Amit Srivastava also told AFP news agency that visitors will be limited to 5,000 - compared to the usual daily average of 20,000.

Today, India recorded its highest daily death toll from the virus in more than a month, although the rise in new cases is slowing. Yesterday, it overtook Brazil for the number of overall coronavirus cases, and is now second only to the US, with 4.2m cases.