India's coronavirus cases surpass 8 million mark

India said Thursday its coronavirus cases have surpassed the 8 million mark, adding over a million cases in the past 18 days alone.The world's second-most populous country is fast approaching the United States, which leads the world in infections at over 8.8 million cases, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said the nation reported 49,881 new cases and 517 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation's total death toll to 120,527.The ministry said the pace of daily infections has started to slow, with fewer than 50,000 new case…READ FULL ARTICLE