Commuters wearing protective masks exit the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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Jul 13, 2020
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1,18,06,256 samples tested for #COVID19 till 12th July, of these 2,19,103 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/KcMTwbq4vL
U.S. virus cases rose to 3.27 million with almost 56,000 new infections, less than the one-week average daily increase. Even so, Florida broke the daily record for all U.S. states with more than 15,000 new cases. Hong Kong reported 38 new cases on Sunday, feeding fears of a resurgence in the Asian financial hub after weeks of near-normal activity. The government has been re-imposing restrictions in response. New cases in Tokyo exceeded 200 for the fourth straight day.
Globally, total cases have topped 12.8 million with over 568,000 of them dead.
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