India’s coronavirus cases surpass 5 million

People queue to get tested for Covid-19 in India (AP/Channi Anand)

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India has surpassed 5 million.

The country’s Health Ministry reported 90,123 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising its confirmed total to 5,020,359, about 0.35% of its population of nearly 1.4 billion. It said 1,290 more people died in the past 24 hours, for a total of 82,066 deaths.