Reuters
India to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus case numbers decline
India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts of the country prepared to ease movement restrictions. India has the world’s second-largest number of coronavirus infections after the United States with total cases at 28.8 million, according to health ministry data. The western state of Maharashtra, which is India’s richest and has suffered the most infections during the second wave, plans to start this week easing in stages a strict lockdown imposed in April.