India has surged past Russia to become the third worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic with the country’s tally of infections nearing the 6.9-lakh mark. Only the US and Brazil are ahead of India in terms of total coronavirus infections. Russia has 6,81,251 infections while Brazil has 15,78,376 and the US has 29,54,999 cases, according to Worldometer. The Johns Hopkins University in the United States, which has also been compiling Covid-19 data from all over the world, put Russia’s infection tally at 6,80,283 and India’s 6,73,165, which is the official figure updated at 8 am. The health ministry data updated at 8 am showed a record single-day surge of 24,850 coronavirus infections and 613 fatalities pushing India’s total number of cases to 6,73,165 and the death toll to 19,268 on Sunday. The country has registered over 20,000 Covid-19 cases for the third day in a row.