India reports highest single-day spike of 26,506 new Covid-19 cases, total now 7,93,802. Of these 2,76,685 are active cases, 4,95,513 have either been cured, discharged or have migrated and 21, 604 have died due to the virus.
Platforms like Amazon India and Flipkart are seeing 120%-140% growth in their shipments, surpassing January-February numbers, showing the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of online shopping in India. This means on top of the recovery from lows of April, when only essentials were allowed to be sold online resulting in business falling by 80-90%, e-tailers are now clocking higher sales than what they did before the virus outbreak.