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| Coronavirus: Indian subcontinent surges |
| 2020-06-09 |
| India Low on Hospital Beds, COVID-19 Cases Surge [ToloNews] Delhi and Mumbai are hotspots for coronavirus infections in India, which reached 256,611 nationwide on Monday. Pakistan hospitals running out of beds as virus cases surge past 100,000 [AlAhram] Pakistan -- and neighbours India and Afghanistan -- have lagged behind Western nations in virus tolls, but experts warn a lack of testing or accurate reporting in rural areas could be hiding true figures. In recent weeks, however, the country of more than 210 million has reported a sharp rise in new infections, and on Monday the government said more than 100,000 cases and 2,000 deaths had now been recorded. Last week a leaked government report suggested there were nearly 700,000 infections in Lahore alone. |
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