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India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

India · 8:03 AM UTC

India's COVID-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day on Sunday as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted.

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