India Now 2nd Worst-Hit Country By Virus Amid Economic Pain

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Source: AP News

By Sheikh Saaliq and Anirhuddha Ghosal, 18 minutes ago.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the pandemic’s second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday as its efforts to head off economic disaster gain urgency.

The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total past Brazil with 4.2 million cases. India is now only behind the United States, where more than 6.2 million people have been infected, according to Johns Hopkins University. India’s Health Ministry on Monday also reported 1,016 deaths for a total of 71,642, the third-highest national toll.

The world’s second-most populous country with 1.4 billion people, India has been recording the world’s largest daily increases in coronavirus cases for almost a month. Despite over 2 million new cases in the past month and the virus spreading through the country’s smaller towns and villages, the Indian government has continued relaxing restrictions to try and resuscitate the economy.

On Monday, the Delhi Metro — a rapid transit system that serves India’s sprawling capital New Delhi and adjoining areas — resumed operations after five months. Only asymptomatic people were allowed to board the chugging trains, with masks, social distancing and temperature checks mandatory. “We are on our way. It’s been 169 days since we’ve seen you!,” the official Twitter account of Delhi Metro tweeted...

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- Indian homeless people stand in queue to receive free food distributed by the Sikh community near a railway station in Gauhati, India, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. India's coronavirus cases have crossed 4 million, leading the world in new infections and deepening misery in the country's vast hinterlands where surges have crippled the underfunded health care system. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

[Maraya1969]

1. If masks can cut the infection rate by 80% here then they can cut it anywhere. Nut I see

people here not wearing masks. Maybe the Indian government should make sure people have masks

[JI7]

3. Masks are required there but they also have anti mask idiots

And people who refuse to quarantine even if they know they are infected.

And the migrant issue .

Meanwhile the dumbfuck PM is focused on useless temples.

[JI7]

2. And the country is focused on some stupid tabloid shit while the shitty PM

is focused on useless temples.

[TomCADem]

4. What is odd is that India is not already well past the U.S. given its population and density.

India has 1.35 billion people, which is over three times larger than the U.S., yet is about a third in size of the U.S. You look at the U.S. death toll, and it could be incredibly tragic in a country like India.

[ffr]

5. Stop testing. It worked here.

Some people need to follow our lead.