Coronavirus: India registers over 80,000 cases in a day Photogallery

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India added a record 80,092 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, becoming the first country in the world to cross the 80,000-mark in one single day since the outbreak of the pandemic, even as the week ending August 30 turned out to be the worst of the month. The growth rate in both fresh cases and fatalities not only increased after a dip, but more than doubled compared to the preceding week.

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Coronavirus: India registers over 80,000 cases in a day

A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a person at Gardiner Hospital to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Patna. (BCCL)

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A health worker sanitises her hands after taking a swab sample for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a testing camp in a residential area, in Chennai. (AFP)

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A health worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit shows a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kit for the Covid-19 coronavirus on the roadside in Allahabad. (AFP)

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A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a testing camp in a residential area, in Chennai. (AFP)

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A health worker (C) wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit talks to local residents for Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) for the Covid-19 coronavirus on the roadside in Allahabad. (AFP)

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A Shi'ite Muslim woman looks on during a congregation to mark Ashura, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi. (Reuters)

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Girls wearing protective face masks wait to pray inside temple premises on the occasion of the annual harvest festival of Onam, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Kochi. (Reuters)

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A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a person at Gardiner Hospital to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (AFP)

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A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a person at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi. (Reuters)

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An health worker (L) is being helped by a colleague to wear a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as she prepares to conduct a Covid-19 coronavirus test of bus passengers at a testing camp in Sanathal, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (AFP)

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