A health worker wearing PPE carries the body of a man, who died due to the COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India September 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters

A health worker wearing PPE carries the body of a man, who died due to the COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India September 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters
India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed.

The health ministry said 1,133 people had died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to 72,775. But new daily cases were at 75,809, the lowest in a week.

India surpassed Brazil on Monday to become the country with the most number of coronavirus cases outside of the United States and has a cumulative caseload of 4.28 million.