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More than half a million people have been infected with coronavirus in India

Over the last day in India, 18.5 thousand new cases of infection with the coronavirus COVID-19 were detected, the Ministry of Health of the country reported. The total number of infected exceeded 508 thousand. India ranks fourth in the world in the number of recorded cases.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in India, 295 thousand people have recovered, 15.6 thousand have died. Most cases of infection have been detected in the state of Maharashtra in the center of the country, the capital district of Delhi and the state of Tamil Nadu.

The self-isolation regime introduced in India on March 24 has already been extended several times and has become one of the longest in the world. In the regions least affected by the pandemic, the first phase of lifting restrictions began on June 8. In states with a high number of infected, the regime of restrictions and isolation is extended until June 30. According to economists, the Indian economy is losing more than $ 3 billion in one day of lockdown

About the situation in the country – in the material “b” “COVID does not come alone.”