NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s cases of novel coronavirus crossed the million mark, the health ministry data showed on Friday, as infections spread out into the smaller towns and the countryside following the lifting of a vast lockdown.
Only the United States and Brazil have a higher number of cases. India’s total deaths stood at 25,602 the health ministry said.
(Reporting by Chandini Monappa and Derek Francis; Writing by Sanjeev Miglani; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
