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Covid cases cross 25 lakh in India; 5 lakh cases in 8 days

News | 15/08/2020 02:00 PM | Click to read full article

India’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 25 lakh on Friday, just eight days after going past the 20-lakh mark, even as more than 65,000 fresh infections were reported for the third straight day while the daily death toll from the virus remained close to 1,000.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India is testing for three different vaccines for the novel coronavirus infection in the country.

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