India records highest spike in coronavirus cases: Live updates

Country registers 6,767 new infections, its highest daily jump, raising the overall total to 131,920.

by Ted Regencia & Mersiha Gadzo

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• India has reported 6,767 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily jump, taking the overall total to 131,868.
• Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks.
• Turkey announced 32 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,186 infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number of the week, pushing total cases to 55,686 and deaths to 4,308. An Eid al-Fitr weekend lockdown has been imposed.
• More than 5.3 million people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus to date, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 342,000 people have died, while more than two million have recovered.

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