India's coronavirus cases cross 1 million
India’s total deaths stood at 25,602 the health ministry said

FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers and their families, who had left during a lockdown, walk at a platform after they returned from their home state of Uttar Pradesh, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Ahmedabad, India July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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.