Bengaluru, October 15, 2020, SPA -- India's tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.31 million on Thursday, having risen by 67,708 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 680 to 111,266, the ministry said. According to Reuters, India crossed the 7 million mark on Sunday, adding a million cases in just 13 days. It has the world's second-highest tally after the United States, where the figure is nearing 8 million. Russia on Thursday recorded 13,754 new coronavirus cases and a record high of 286 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 23,491. With 1,354,163 infections, the country of around 145 million has the world's fourth largest number of cases, behind only the United States, India and Brazil. --SPA 12:04 LOCAL TIME 09:04 GMT 0005 www.spa.gov.sa/w1429545