DATA STORY: India's Covid-19 caseload tops 7 mn; last million cases came in 14 days

India's doubling time for total cases stands at 65.4 days, and for deaths at 81.5 days

India’s total count of confirmed coronavirus cases went past the 7-million mark with 74,383 cases getting added to the tally on Sunday. The seventh block of one million cases came in 14 days, compared with 13 days for the sixth, 12 days for the fifth and 14 days for the fourth 1 million cases.
 
In yet another net reduction in active cases, India’s count of active coronavirus cases fell by 15,689 on Sunday to 867,496, the lowest level since September 6, and 14.8 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754.
 
While 89,154 new coronavirus recoveries