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Over 1 million cases: India joins grim COVID-19 club

India had surpassed 1m coronavirus cases, third only to the United States and Brazil

Published: July 17, 2020 22:12 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 2020-07-17T123907Z_1335540438_RC2ZUH96A9RH_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-1595008734306 — India on July 17 became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United States where infections also continued to surge. | A man rides his bicycle past a graffiti, amidst the spread of COVID-19 in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 292800-01-02-1595008680361 — A man holds a newspaper to cover his face in the absence of his facemask during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Bangalore. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 313181-01-02 [1]-1595008702159 — A health worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit takes a swab sample from a bus passenger for a COVID-19 coronavirus test at a makeshift test point at Sanathal. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 313032-01-02 [1]-1595008698854 — Director of Salus Products manufacturer displays an N95 facemask for children at a factory near Changodar. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 311893-01-02-1595008737822 — Municipality officials stick a banner on a vehicle transporting lab workers from Primary Health Centres (PHC) to conduct tests using Rapid Antigen COVID-19 test kits in containment zones after the city went into a new week-long lockdown from July 14 as number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases have surged in Bangalore. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_India_One_Million_Cases_98558.jpg-2737a~1 [1]-1595008696299 — India crossed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country’s feeble health care system. | A health worker checks the body temperature of a boy at a medical camp to screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms in Mumbai, India. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 311381-01-02 [1]-1595008708829 — A health official takes a swab sample from a woman getting tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a testing point in Allahabad. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-12T133850Z_903064970_RC2IRH9RY38S_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-BACHCHAN-1595008675059 — Municipal workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) wait to enter the residence of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan to sanitize it after he and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan, tested positive for COVID-19. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 311408-01-02 [1]-1595008711051 — A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to test for COVID-19 at a testing centre in Srinagar. | EU leaders met face to face on July 17 to try to rescue Europe's economy from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, as India became the third country to record one million cases, joining Brazil and the United States. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-17T114206Z_1650930901_RC2ZUH9TOMWB_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-HOSPITAL-1595008731155 — A patient suffering from COVID-19 is seen inside a ward at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in New Delhi. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_India_51661.jpg-0de5b~1-1595008692617 — Indian people form a queue to get nasal swab test for the coronavirus at Government urban primary health centre in Hyderabad. India is the third worst-affected nation by the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-07-17T114141Z_237312836_RC2ZUH9AWLPL_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-HOSPITAL [1]-1595008715878 — A patient suffering from COVID-19 is seen inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in New Delhi. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 311377-01-02-1595008721634 — A health official takes a swab sample from a youth getting tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a testing point in Allahabad. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_India_88892.jpg-9af3d-1595008689058 — ndian people form a queue to get a nasal swab test for the coronavirus at Government Fever hospital in Hyderabad, India. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 310646-01-02-1595008705961 — Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on July 17, official data showed as authorities struggle to check the spread of the deadly pandemic across the world's second-most populous nation. | Health officials collect a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a civil hospital in Amritsar. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of PTI09-07-2020_000045B-1595008671232 — A health worker scans temperature of an elderly woman while conducting door-to-door medical check-up of the residents of Dharavi slum. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_India_One_Million_72455.jpg-7552c [1]-1595008713599 — Indian motorist covering their face to protect from coronavirus watis at a traffic jam at a street in Hyderabad, India. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 290166-01-02-1595008677650 — A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, while sitting inside an ambulance along a busy road in Kolkata. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-14T035249Z_597640774_RC2BSH9CB3OG_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-1595008683356 — A boy reacts as a healthcare worker takes a swab from him for a rapid antigen test to tackle COVID-19 outbreak at a check-up point on a national highway in Ahmedabad, India. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 258853-01-02 [1]-1595008686136 — A general view of a COVID Care Centre with the capacity of 10,100 beds inside the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), is seen to combat COVID-19 in Bangalore. Image Credit: AFP

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