VOA: India Reports Slower Rise in COVID-19 Cases but Warns of Surge in Rural Areas
India reported its smallest daily gain in COVID-19 cases in nearly three weeks Saturday, continuing a trend that began last week as the government warned of an overwhelming surge sweeping across rural areas.
India’s health ministry reported 326,098 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24-hour period and 3,890 COVID deaths.
Federal health officials in India said at a briefing the overall rate of infections had fallen to 19.8% this week from 21.9% the week before. But the virus is continuing to spread aggressively to rural areas, where two-thirds of the country’s 1.4 billion people live.
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