Photos: India surpasses Italy with sixth highest Covid-19 tally
Updated On Jun 06, 2020 07:59 PM IST
India on June 6 climbed past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering consecutive days of record spikes in the number of fresh cases. The surge comes amid the first phase of unlock after a two-month shutdown while the government looks ahead at the graded reopening of the economy, with religious places and shopping malls schedules to open from next week.
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A health official takes a swab sample from a bakery worker at a COVID-19 testing centre in a park in Srinagar on June 5. India now has the sixth-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world at 239,644 as of June 6 according to the covid19india.org tracker, taking India to the sixth worst-hit spot in the world past Italy. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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Commuters ride bicycles along the Howrah Bridge to go to work after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against COVID-19 in Kolkata on June 5. With a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases, the country has registered over 9,000 cases for the third day in a row as of June 5. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
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A personal protective suit lies on a grave of a of a person at the designated burial spot for COVID-19 patients at a cemetery in New Delhi on June 5. India has lost 6,672 lives to the disease as of today evening and ranks twelfth globally in the number of casualties resulting from the pandemic. (AP)
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Pedestrians walk along the promenade at Marine Drive, with CISF and Mumbai Police personnel still restricting seating along the parapet, as part of partial lockdown restrictions easing in Mumbai on June 5. The worst hit state in the country continues to be Maharashtra with a total of 80,229 cases as of last count. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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People stand holding umbrellas during monsoon rains in Kochi on June 6. The surge in India’s COVID-19 caseload comes a time when the country is already trying to contain the chain of transmission while allowing social and economic activity to resume. (R S Iyer / AP)
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People walk past closed shops along a street in New Delhi on June 5. The lockdown is now largely being enforced in high-risk areas while authorities have partially restored train services and domestic flights and allowed shops and manufacturing to reopen. (Xavier Galiana / AFP)
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A vendor arranges face masks on mannequins installed at a retail apparel store in Siliguri on June 6. The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been rising by a third on average every week but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and South Asia region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on June 5. (Diptendu Dutta / AFP)
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