Passengers maintain social distance inside a compartment of metro train in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 7, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua)

Metro rail services resumed Monday morning in major cities in India such as New Delhi and Bangalore after a gap of over five months.

India is now the second worst COVID-hit country in the world after the United States, surpassing Brazil. The total COVID-19 tally reached 4,204,613 and the total death toll swelled to 71,642 in the country on Monday.

A staff member disinfects the entrance of a metro station in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 7, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua)