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India’s coronavirus cases cross 10 million as new cases dip

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: India’s coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year.
A woman wearing a face mask shops in a mall in Mumbai, India, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
By Associated Press

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: India’s coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year.


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Additional cases in the past 24 hours dropped to 25,152 from a peak level of nearly 100,000 in mid-September. The epidemic has infected nearly 1% of India’s more than 1.3 billion people, second to the worst-hit United States.


The Health Ministry on Saturday also reported 347 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities to 145,136.

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