India reports another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities.
Indians wearing face masks wait for medical check-up outside a government hospital in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept.9, 2020. India's coronavirus cases are now the second-highest in the world and only behind the United States.
According to the Health Ministry, the number of people known to be infected in India reached 4,465,863 on Thursday. It has the second-highest caseload in the world behind the United States, where more than 6.3 million people are known to be infected. The Indian capital saw a record surge of 4,618 new cases in the past 24 hours with 19 deaths. New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai are the worst-hit cities in the country.
Meanwhile, the Serum Institute of India maintained that the temporary halt to late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate would not impact the timeline for vaccine trials in India. Thein multiple countries were halted because of “potentially unexplained” illness in a British recipient.
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