The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus crossed the five million (50 lakh) mark on Tuesday,

The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus crossed the five million (50 lakh) mark on Tuesday, with the addition of more than 90,000 new detections. The last one million cases have been added in just 11 days.

The gap with the United States, the country with the highest coronavirus caseload in the world, is reducing steadily. As on Tuesday night, there were more than 6.8 million people (68.77 lakh) in the United States who have so far been infected with the virus. At the rate at which India is adding numbers, it looks poised to overtake the United States in about a month’s time.