MUMBAI (INDIA) – India’s daily coronavirus cases rose by less than 40,000 for the fifth straight day, health ministry data showed on Friday. About 36,595 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours.
Its tally is now at 9.57 million and remains the world’s second-highest after the United States, with nearly 14 million infections.
Deaths in India rose by 540, the ministry said, with the total now at 139,188.