1 2021-04-30 09:29:00Xinhua
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ECNS App Download COVID-19 patients are seen at a care center in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2021. (Photo:Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
India has been facing a deteriorating COVID-19 situation, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that India alone accounted for 38 percent of global case growth last week.
The country also reported a 93 percent week-on-week increase in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the seven-day period that ended on April 25.
HIGHEST DAILY SURGE
On Thursday, India reported the largest daily increase of 379,275 new cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, and the country has been reporting more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases each day over the past week.
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav gestures towards the crowd during an election rally ahead of the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections on November 5, 2020 in Mahua, India. Rallies for the elections are among the mass gatherings that have taken place in the country amid the coronavirus pandemicSantosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
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