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Photos: India’s Covid-19 cases cross 9 million; tests over 130 million
Updated On Nov 22, 2020 11:27 am IST
Figures from the Union Health Ministry showed two milestones on November 21. First among these was that Covid-19 had claimed 9 million infections in an as yet unstoppable climb and second, that India’s efforts to track and contain the virus has resulted in over 130 million tests being conducted since the outbreak’s emergence. The most recent ten million among these were done in the last ten days. India’s hike in testing numbers comes as infection rates soar across the US and Europe and experts warn of possible surges locally.
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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for Covid-19 as others wait their turn in Mumbai on November 19. India’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases, currently the second largest in the world behind the United States, crossed 9 million on November 21 according to data from the Union Health Ministry. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)
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A health worker (R) checks the body temperature of a shopkeeper during a Covid-19 testing drive at a flower market in Mumbai on November 19. India’s climb past the latest million came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the country’s preparedness of vaccine delivery, distribution and administration. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
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Daily wage labourers wait to be hired for work by a roadside in Kochi, Kerala on November 20. While the country is adding far fewer cases daily as compared to the peak during September, resurgences in densely populated urban centres remain a concern for the health of citizens and the economy at large. (AP)
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A man sanitizes a bus after a curfew was imposed to arrest a coronavirus surge, in Ahmedabad on November 21. In response to outbreaks, local authorities are re-introducing restrictions on movements like in Gujarat or implementing other checks like random screenings between Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The Centre is also considering rushing expert teams to assist local administrations in disease management where needed. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)
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A health worker in PPE works with samples taken for coronavirus testing in New Delhi on November 18. Concurrent with the Covid-19 case surge, India’s total number of Covid-19 tests have now crossed the 130 million mark, the Ministry of Health announced on November 21. Of these, the last 10 million tests came in just 10 days, the ministry posted on Twitter. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
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A patient is seen inside a Covid-19 coronavirus ward at Max Hospital in New Delhi on November 21. India is currently dealing with 440,962 active cases, and 8,521,617 recoveries have been recorded in the country overall. (Money Sharma / AFP)
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Medical staff register names of residents who came to undergo swab tests for Covid-19 at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on November 20. The national recovery rate has improved to 93.69% as on November 22 and the gap between recovered and active cases of the coronavirus disease has widened to 8,080,655. (Noah Seelam / AFP)
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