With around 7,000 new cases in a day, India's tally of novel Coronavirus cases surpassed that of Iran's as it recorded 1,38,845 till Monday. With this, India entered the Top 10 worst-hit countries by the Coronavirus pandemic. The other nine countries ahead of India are -- US, Brazil, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, and Turkey.

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Iran today has 1,35,701 total confirmed cases. India recorded a jump of 6,977 cases in a single day and 154 fatalities in 24 hours, Health Mnistry data said on Monday. Of the total cases, 77,103 are active, 57,721 people have been cured while at least 4,021 individuals lost their lives.