India’s coronavirus infections rise to 7.4 million

Commuters wearing facemasks to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus walk along a platform at a train station in Chennai on October 14, 2020. (AFP)

A health worker (L) takes a swab sample from a woman for a Covid-19 coronavirus test in Mumbai on October 16, 2020. (AFP)

PVR cinemas employees wearing face shields and a mask stands at the food counter as movie theaters reopen in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP)

• Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 895 to 112,161, the ministry said
• India crossed the 7-million mark on Sunday, adding a million cases in just 13 days

BENGALURU: India’s tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.37 million on Friday, having risen by 63,371 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed.
Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 895 to 112,161, the ministry said.
India crossed the 7-million mark on Sunday, adding a million cases in just 13 days. It has the world’s second-highest tally after the United States, where the figure is nearing 8 million.