India reports lowest daily coronavirus cases in nearly five months

Reuters | Published: December 08, 2020 15:08:31 | Updated: December 08, 2020 17:15:41

A health worker checks the pulse of a man at a railway station amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai on December 4, 2020 — Reuters photo

India reported 26,567 new coronavirus infections, data from the health ministry showed on Tuesday, the lowest daily increase since July 10, according to a Reuters tally.

Daily cases have been falling in India since hitting a peak in September. The country has 9.7 million cases, second-highest caseload in the world after the United States.

Deaths rose by 385, the health ministry said, with the total now stands at 140,958.