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India's Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 6 Million
A health worker checks the vital signs of a COVID-19 patient inside the Commonwealth Games Village Covid Care Centre in New Delhi, India on Sept. 27, 2020. / Hindustan Times / Getty / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 29 September 2020
NEW DELHI—India said Monday its coronavirus cases have exceeded the 6 million mark, making it only the second country to reach the grim milestone after the United States.
India’s deaths totaled 95,542, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The US exceeded 7 million confirmed cases on Friday, with over 200,000 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.
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