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Coronavirus latest: India cases cross 6 million; Philippines says no time for complacency
- India has been adding 80,000 to 90,000 new infections each day since it started reporting the world’s highest daily rises from late August
- Reforms to intensify tracking and isolation have helped cut back fresh Covid-19 cases in the Philippines
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India on Monday reported the number of coronavirus cases in the country had passed six million, as the pandemic rages across the vast South Asian nation.
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The health ministry announced 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall tally to 6.07 million. At least 1,039 deaths were also recorded in the same period, taking total fatalities up to 95,542 since the pandemic began.
India is expected to become the pandemic’s worst-hit country in coming weeks, surpassing the US, where more than 7 million infections have been reported.
The nation of 1.3 billion people is home to some of the world’s most densely populated cities and has long been expected to record a large number of Covid-19 cases.
India has been adding 80,000 to 90,000 fresh infections each day since it started reporting the world’s highest daily rises from late August.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on people to keep wearing face coverings when they venture outside of their homes.
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