India's COVID-19 infections cross 7 million mark

India's coronavirus case tally topped 7 million after it reported 74,383 new infections in the

last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Sunday, even as the spread moderated in western states such as Maharashtra.

Deaths from COVID-19 rose by 918 in the last 24 hours to 108,334, the ministry said.

India added a million cases in just 13 days and it has the second-highest number of infections, behind the United States which is approaching the 8 million mark.

The total number of recoveries in the country also crossed 60 lakh, according to the ministry.

Kerala, which reported the first case in the country, reported 11,755 fresh infections, it's highest in 24 hours, on Saturday and 23 new fatalities, taking the caseload to 2,77,855.

India is in pole position in terms of the number of recovered cases of coronavirus followed by Brazil and the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world.