India home minister positive for COVID-19
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India鈥檚 interior minister and the chiefs of two big states have been hospitalized with COVID-19 as the country鈥檚 daily cases topped 50,000 for a fifth straight day as of yesterday.
The country reported 52,972 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 million 鈥 the third highest in the world after the United States and Brazil 鈥 data from India鈥檚 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed.
With 771 new deaths, the COVID-19 disease has now killed 38,135 people in India, including that of a minister on Sunday in the most-populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
On Sunday, federal interior minister Amit Shah, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 closest aides, as well as the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka, were hospitalized. The chief of the central state of Madhya Pradesh is also recovering in hospital.
As infections continue to surge, with a record 57,118 on Saturday, India has also stepped up efforts to test more people and search for a vaccine.
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