The pandemic has killed at least 494,337 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year.
A medical technician collects a sample from a man at a COVID-19 testing centre during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai on June 26, 2020.India now has more than 500,000 confirmed cases, according to government figures that show a record daily leap of 18,500 new infections.
India may see several peaks in coming months because the spread of the virus"is variable across the country", he says.The pandemic has killed at least 494,337 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Saturday, based on official sources.
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