Confirmed coronavirus toll crosses 7 million in India
India’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks.
The Health Ministry reported 918 additional deaths, taking total fatalities to 108,334.
The coronavirus case tally topped 7 million after 74,383 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, data from the ministry showed.
India added a million cases in just 13 days, according to a Reuters tally of government data, and it has the second-highest number of infections, behind the US which is approaching the 8 million mark.
India aims to provide vaccines to 250 million people by July 2021, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said last week.