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India's COVID-19 fatalities top 100,000, behind US, Brazil

India has crossed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, putting the country’s toll at nearly 10% of the global fatalities and behind only the United States and Brazil

Via AP news wire
Friday 02 October 2020 23:53 EDT
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India has crossed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, putting the country’s toll at nearly 10% of the global fatalities and behind only the United States and Brazil

The grim milestone comes at the heels of a growing crisis for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist government that has been criticized over the handling of the virus and doing very little to alleviate the contracting economy that has left millions jobless.

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