India reports more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections, another single-day high for the country, as it passed 300,000 cases. The country also reported 386 deaths, raising the number of fatalities to 8,884.
A guest wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, looks at a walrus at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Hong Kong Ocean Park reopened Saturday after nearly four months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The animal and nature-themed attraction combines pandas, penguins, roller coasters and other rides, and has been a Hong Kong icon since its opening in 1977.
The Health Ministry reported 11,458 new cases, driving the toll to 308,993, the fourth-highest in the world. It also reported 386 deaths, raising the number of fatalities to 8,884. New Delhi’s government has projected that cases in the capital area alone could expand to more than half a million by late July, and is considering taking over luxury hotels and stadiums to convert into field hospitals.BEIJING LOCKS DOWN COMMUNITIES: The Chinese capital has locked down 11 residential communities near a wholesale food market to try to stem a new outbreak of COVID-19.
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