India’s coronavirus cases cross 200,000, peak still weeks away
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India’s coronavirus cases cross 200,000, peak still weeks away

By Reuters

  • 03 Jun 2020
India’s coronavirus cases cross 200,000, peak still weeks away
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India’s coronavirus infections crossed 200,000, the health ministry said on Wednesday, and a peak could still be weeks away in the world’s second most populous country.

Cases jumped by 8,909 over the previous day in one of the highest single-day spikes, taking the tally to 2,07,615. Six other nations, from the United States, to Britain and Brazil, have a higher caseload.

“We are very far away for the peak,” said Dr Nivedita Gupta, of the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research. Government officials have previously said it could be later this month, or even July, before cases start to fall off.

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The death toll from the disease stood at 5,815.

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