The Latest: India confirms over 75,00 new coronavirus cases

India on Tuesday confirmed over 75,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in past 24 hours.

With more than 5.5 million cases, India is behind only United States in total number of confirmed infections. India’s death toll from virus is nearly 89,000.

So far, nearly 76% of new virus cases are concentrated in 10 states, with Maharashtra in central India accounting for almost a quarter of new infections on Monday.

Daily new infections in India have been hovering around 90,000 for past few days, but experts point out that testing still varies from state to state. And new surges have been detected in states that h so far been left relatively unscad by virus.

central state of Chhattisgarh, where nearly half population is poor, has seen sharpest increase in new infections. caselo in state, where health system is very fragile, has increased from around 33,000 in beginning of month to over 86,000 w. state government anunced a weeklong lockdown of 10 districts on Monday.