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India Surpasses 50,000 Coronavirus Deaths

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   India on Monday reported its coronavirus death tollhas surpassed 50,000
   after it confirmed more than 900 new dead in one day.

   The country is fourth in the world in COVID-19 deaths, trailing only
   the United States, Brazil and Mexico.

   New Zealand, a country that celebrated going more than 100 days without
   a known community transmission of the virus, has pushed back its
   election scheduled for next month as it deals with a new outbreak.

   Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the national elections will now take
   place October 17, and that there will be no further delay.

   New Zealand health officials reported nine new cases Monday, bringing
   the number of confirmed active cases there to 78while the main site of
   the outbreak, Auckland, remains under lockdown for another week.

   In South Korea, which saw its own success in driving down new
   infections, health officials are working to slow an outbreak around
   Seoul that includes several churches as major sources of infections.

   After going several months with new daily cases rarely topping 50,
   health officials said Monday there were 197 new confirmed cases, after
   nearly 300 on Sunday.

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