India’s coronavirus outbreak increased by more than 50,000 cases Thursday amid a resurgence of infections in the capital.
The Health Ministry also reported another 704 fatalities in the past 24 hours across the country, raising India’s overall death toll to 124,315.
Nerves are frayed in New Delhi after it reported a record 6,842 new cases in the past 24 hours. It has more than 37,000 active cases.
The ministry has attributed the surge in New Delhi to the festival season and warned that the situation can worsen due to people crowding markets for festival shopping.
Source: Asia Today: India’s virus cases jump on New Delhi resurgence
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