India reported another record daily rise in novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, while the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 47,000. 

Infections grew by 66,999 on Thursday from a day earlier to reach a total of nearly 2.4 million to date, India’s health ministry said. 

The country, with the world’s biggest case load behind the United States and Brazil, has now reported a jump of 50,000 cases or more each day for 15 straight days. 

Also, Brazil on Wednesday registered 55,155 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 1,175 deaths, the health ministry said. 

Brazil now has 3,164,785 confirmed cases and 104,201 deaths. 

China reported 19 new coronavirus cases on the mainland on Aug. 12, down from 25 on the previous day, the country’s health authority said on Thursday. 

The National Health Commission said in its daily bulletin that 11 of the new cases were imported, versus 16 a day earlier. 

It also said 20 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases had been found on Wednesday, the same as the day before. 

China’s total number of cases now stands at 84,756. The official death toll is unchanged at 4,634.