Daily coronavirus cases in India dip below 100,000

An Indian villager and a child wearing masks ride on a bicycle on the outskirts of Gauhati, India (Anupam Nath/AP)

The number of daily coronavirus infections in India has dipped below 100,000 for the first time in more than two months as an overall downturn prompted some states to ease restrictions.

The 86,498 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total past 29 million on Tuesday, second only to the United States, which has more than 33 million.