India has reached a new record number of daily infections, with more than 20,000 cases reported for the first time since the pandemic reached the country.
The southern states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are among the worst-affected areas in India, which has recorded more than 18,000 deaths and around 625,000 cases nationwide.

If this trend continues, the country could soon overtake Russia to have the third highest number of infections in the world.
Although India enforced a strict lockdown, many measures are now being eased, with restrictions remaining in hotspots.