India reports another record surge in Covid-19 cases

Workers put on personal protective suits before carrying the body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi (Manish Swarup/AP)

India has confirmed another record jump in coronavirus cases, logging 97,894 cases in the past 24 hours.

The Health Ministry said that the new cases raised the nation’s confirmed total to more than 5.1 million since the pandemic began.