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India reported at least 90,000 new instances on Monday, breaking its own record the previous day and raising its total to more than 4.2 million instances.
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Australia has announced agreements to purchase nearly 85 million doses of two coronavirus vaccines if their trials are successful.
Home to the world’s fastest-developing coronavirus epidemic, India has outperformed Brazil in the country with the highest number of cases at the moment.
On Monday, India reported 90,802 new cases, breaking its own record from the previous day and bringing its total to more than 4.2 million, according to a New York Times database. Brazil now ranks third with more than 4.1 million cases.
In early July, India outperdated Russia to the country with the 3rd highest number of cases, at which time the United States was entrenched in the most sensitive line, where it remains today with more than 6.2 million cases.
“Overcrowded cities, blocking fatigue, and in-touch search have extended Covid-19 to every corner of this country of 1.3 billion people,” Jeffrey Gettleman and Sameer Yasir of the Times reported last August.
India recorded 71,642 deaths from the virus, the third highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Brazil.As a young nation, India has a relatively low mortality rate per capita.
The increase in the number of cases in India occurs when the government continues to loosen blocking measures in an effort to help the economy.On Monday, the subway formula in New Delhi, the capital, began a slow reopening after being closed for more than five months.
The pandemic has been economically devastating for India, which so long ago dreamed of forming a world power.Last week, the government reported a 24% contraction this quarter, the worst among the world’s major economies.
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