Daily coronavirus infections in India have fallen to their lowest since mid-July, with 29,163 new cases reported for the last 24 hours, taking the total to 8.87 million, the health ministry said.

Daily cases have fallen in India, the country with the second-highest number of infections behind the United States, since hitting a peak in September.

Deaths rose by 449 over the last 24 hours, the ministry also said, with the toll now at 130,519.