India's total number of coronavirus cases crosses 9 million
India’s total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began has crossed 9 million
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Your support makes all the difference.India’s total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began has crossed 9 million.
Nevertheless the country's new daily cases have seen a steady decline for weeks now.
The Health Ministry reported 45,882 new infections and 584 fatalities in the past 24 hours on Friday. The death toll since the pandemic began is more than 132,000.
Authorities in capital New Delhi are fighting to head off nearly 7,500 new cases a day while ensuring that the flagging economy doesn’t capsize again. The government hiked the fine for not wearing a mask four times to 2,000 rupees ($27) as it considered fresh restrictions.