China has reported a further decline in newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 13 cases. Eleven were in Beijing, where mass testing has followed an outbreak that appears to be largely under control.
Autorickshaw drivers wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus chat as they wait for customers in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, June 25, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil.
The new cases took India’s total to 490,401. The Health Ministry also reported another 407 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 15,301. The actual numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19, like elsewhere in the world, are thought to be far higher due to a number of reasons including limited testing.Indian Railways was due to resume regular train services on June 30 but said Thursday that services wouldn’t fully resume until Aug. 12. Trains had been halted when the government declared a nationwide lockdown in late March. Special trains linking main cities have been running since mid-May as part of easing of the lockdown.
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