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Covid-19: India added 100,000 cases in less than a week; tally over 500,000

Global Covid-19 tally is about to breach the 10-million figure

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Amritsar: A medic collects samples from a man for Covid-19 swab tests at Civil Hospital, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Amritsar, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)(

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
A record rise of 18,552 cases in 24 hours pushed up India’s Covid tally beyond the half-a-million mark on Saturday, exactly three months after the worldwide count was at this level and 78 days after the US reached the number.



More than five months after the first batch of positive cases was detected in Wuhan (China) on January 10, the global Covid-19 tally is about to breach the 10-million figure.

In India, the last 100,000 cases were added in less than a week.