India overtook Brazil on Saturday as the country with second highest recorded cases of Covid-19 after the US. The pandemic continued its unprecedented surge in India, with fresh cases close to 90,000 on Saturday, the fourth straight day of record daily rise in infections.

In another grim milestone, Covid deaths in India crossed 70,000, having risen by more than 10,000 in 10 days.

India’s case count crossed the 41 lakh mark late on Saturday, going past Brazil’s tally of 40,93,586 cases at 11pm, as per worldometers.info. Brazil’s numbers may overtake India’s when its final tally for Saturday is added. Going by recent trends, India’s caseload is expected to break away from Brazil by Sunday.