India's Coronavirus Cases Cross 70 Lakh, Over 60 Lakh Have Recovered

New Delhi: India has crossed a "landmark milestone", the government said today as the country reported 60 lakh recoveries from the novel coronavirus, which has affected more than 70 lakh people in the country, taking it closer to overtaking the United States which currently has over 76 lakh cases. With 74,383 new infections, India's COVID tally now stands at 70,53,806, the data released by the Health Ministry showed. Over the last 24 hours, India reported 918 deaths linked to the virus, taking the total number of fatalities to 1,08,334. For the third day in a row, the active cases of COVID-19 remained below nine lakh.