The World Health Organisation reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 307,930 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases were from India, the US and Brazil, the agency’s website said. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of 917,417.
India reported 94,372 new cases, followed by the US with 45,523 new infections and Brazil with 43,718.
The US and India each reported more than 1,000 new deaths and Brazil reported 874 lives lost in the past 24 hours.
The previous WHO record for new cases was 306,857 on September 6. The agency reported a record 12,430 deaths on April 17.
India leads the world in new cases reported each day and set a global record last week with 97,570 cases reported in a single day.
In some parts of India, medical oxygen is becoming hard to find as total cases exceed 4.75 million. Only the US has recorded more cases, at 6.5 million.
Covid-19 infections are still rising in 58 countries, including surges in Argentina, Indonesia, Morocco, Spain and Ukraine.
New cases are falling in the US and are down about 44 per cent from a peak of more than 77,000 reported on July 16.
Cases in Brazil are also trending downwards.
