India records 24,712 new coronavirus cases
A man wearing a protective mask walks past baskets stacked at a flower market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Mumbai, India. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
India recorded 24,712 new coronavirus infections, taking its total to 10.12 million, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday.
COVID-19 infections are decreasing in India, with 23,788 new infections reported on average each day, according to a Reuters tally.
The country, which has recorded the second-highest number of infections in the world after the United States, saw a peak of close to 98,000 cases on a single day in September.
A total of 146,756 people have died of the coronavirus so far, with 312 of those deaths occurring in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.