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India about to overtake the US with highest covid-19 caseload globally

By Nilanjana Bhowmick

22 September 2020

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A woman wearing a mask passes by a coronavirus-related mural in Mumbai, India

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India is on track to overtake theĀ US as the country with the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide. With more than 5.56Ā million recorded cases, India set a new record with 97,859 daily cases on 16Ā September. It took justĀ 11 days for the total number ofĀ cases so far to rise from 4 to 5Ā million, and it is likely to be justĀ aĀ matter of weeks before the country passes the US, which hasĀ some 6.85 million cases.…

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