With 74,383 new cases of coronavirus infections, India became the second country after the US to cross seven million mark. It also recorded its six millionth recovery on the day and the ninth consecutive day of decline in active cases. Daily cases have remained below the 80,000 mark for the eighth consecutive day. On Saturday India recorded 74,205 cases (with data for Jammu and Kashmir yet to come in at the time of going to press) while active cases remained below nine lakh for the second consecutive day. Saturday also marked eight consecutive days of deaths remaining below the 1,000-mark. With 917 fresh casualties on Saturday — the lowest in the last five days — India’s cumulative toll reached 108,305 deaths so far. Among states, Kerala reported the highest number of cases on Saturday adding 11,755 new cases.