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COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths

India ยท 9:26 AM UTC

Hopes that India's deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus spread from cities to villages across the world's second-most populous nation.

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