India set to overtake US as country worst hit by coronavirus

Indians wearing face masks as a precaution walk in a market area in Jammu (Channi Anand/AP)

India has registered 92,605 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and is expected to surpass the United States as the pandemic’s worst-hit country within weeks.

The health ministry also reported 1,133 additional deaths for a total of 86,752.