India's coronavirus cases surpass 200,000

India's coronavirus infections have surpassed 200,000, the health ministry says, and a peak could still be weeks away in the world's second most populous country.

Cases jumped by 8909 over the previous day in one of the highest single-day spikes, taking the tally to 207,615. Six other nations, from the United States, to Britain and Brazil, have a higher caseload.

"We are very far away for the peak," said Dr Nivedita Gupta, of the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research. Government officials have previously said it could be later this month, or even July, before cases start to fall off.

The death toll from the disease stood at 5815.