India's coronavirus cases cross 1 million

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India’s cases of novel coronavirus crossed the million mark, health ministry data showed, as infections spread out into the smaller towns and the countryside following the lifting of a vast lockdown, according to Reuters.

A health worker in personal protective equipment gets ready before the start of a check up campaign for the coronavirus disease at a housing society in Mumbai on July 17. — Reuters
A health worker in personal protective equipment gets ready before the start of a check up campaign for the coronavirus disease at a housing society in Mumbai on July 17. — Reuters

Only the United States and Brazil have a higher number of cases. India’s total deaths stood at 25,602 the health ministry said.

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