India's coronavirus infections rise to 6.63 million

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a man for a rapid antigen at a kiosk, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

India's coronavirus case tally rose by 74,442 in the last 24 hours to 6.63 million on Monday morning, data from the health ministry showed.

Deaths from coronavirus infections rose by 903 to 102,685, the ministry said.

India's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating.

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a man on a platform of a railway station, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Last week, India further eased restrictions and permitted states to open schools and movie theatres.

(Reporting by Chandini Monnappa in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

Passengers wearing protective face masks stand in a queue on a platform to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a railway station, in New Delhi, India, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

A woman sitting in an autorickshaw reacts as a healthcare worker takes a swab from her for a rapid antigen test in a street, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a Sadhu or a Hindu holy man on a platform of a railway station, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis