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NEW DELHI, Oct 29 — India today passed 8 million coronavirus cases, with the world's second-worst-hit country bracing for a possible second wave ahead of winter and a series of religious festivals. There have now been 8,040,203 cases and 120,527 deaths across the country of 1.3 billion people,...

A woman performs rituals with an idol at a 'pandal' or a temporary platform, on the last day of Durga Puja festival, amid the Covid-19 outbreak, in Kolkata, India October 26, 2020. — Reuters pic

But authorities are preparing for a new surge after Diwali, the country's most important religious festival on November 14. New Delhi recorded 5,000 new cases yesterday, its highest daily figure since the outbreak of the pandemic. Officials have warned that the capital could see more than 10,000 cases a day in the next wave.newspaper that if cases coninued surging the country's fragile healthcare system “will get really stressed.”

Financial capital Mumbai, India's worst-hit city with more than 250,000 cases and over 10,000 deaths, is currently adding about 2,000 cases a day.

 

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