India's confirmed coronavirus cases are nearing 7 million with another 73,272 reported in the past 24 hours.

The health ministry also reported 926 additional deaths, taking total fatalities to 107,416. The deaths remained below 1,000 for the seventh straight day, AP reported.

India is seeing a slower pace of coronavirus spread since mid-September, when the daily infections touched a record of 97,894 cases. Its averaging more than 70,000 cases daily so far this month, while the recovery rate has exceeded 85 per cent.

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