September 6, 2020: With the highest single-day spike of 90,633 new cases in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 41 lakh-mark on Sunday.

India is just a few thousand cases away from replacing Brazil at the second spot for highest cases in the world.

The total case tally now stands at 41, 13,812 including 8, 62,320 active cases, 31, 80,866 cured/discharged/migrated & 70,626 deaths.

Meanwhile, a total of 4, 88, 31,145 samples tested up to 5 September, of which 10, 92,654 samples were tested on Saturday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.

The World Health Organization or WHO has said that it does not expect global immunization or a vaccine to be out till mid-2021, even as US expects it out in a few weeks while Russia has already launched one.