India reports lowest daily COVID-19 deaths since August 3

FILE PHOTO: Relatives mourn as they stand outside an ambulance carrying a body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

India reported its smallest daily rise in coronavirus deaths since Aug. 3 of 776, data from the health ministry showed on Tuesday, as global fatalities crossed 1 million and infections surged in several countries.

The South Asian country's coronavirus case tally rose to 6.15 million after it reported 70,589 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data, while total deaths stood at 96,318.

Though India's death toll is a relatively low 1.6% of total cases, the country, along with the United States and Brazil, account for nearly 45% of global COVID-19 fatalities.

FILE PHOTO: A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to a body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

(Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)