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Malls and temples reopened in several cities across India despite the country recording a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with the pandemic expected to ravage the country for weeks to come.
After a 10-week lockdown, the government has risked lifting some restrictions in a bid to ease the devastating blow to the economy dealt by the coronavirus.
But the number of new cases rose by 9,983 to 256,611, according to government figures, putting the country of 1.3 billion on course to overtake Britain and Spain among nations with the highest number of infections.
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