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India's daily virus increase surges to record
Published in Ahram Online on 17 - 09 - 2020

India has confirmed another record jump in coronavirus cases, logging 97,894 cases in the past 24 hours.
The Health Ministry said Thursday that the new cases raised the nation's confirmed total to more than 5.1 million since the pandemic began. It said 1,132 more people died in the past 24 hours, for a total of 83,198.
At the current rate of infection, India is expected within weeks to surpass the 6.6 million reported cases in the United States, currently the country with the most reported infections.
Nationwide, India is testing more than 1 million samples per day.
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HERE'S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
UNITED NATIONS _ The U.N. humanitarian chief says reports from inside Syria point to ``a much broader spread'' of COVID-19 cases than the 3,628 confirmed cases conveys.
Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the extent of the outbreak won't be known until laboratory testing is increased across the country.
He said: ``We do know that community transmission is widespread, as almost 90% of newly confirmed cases cannot be traced to a known source.''
He added: ``Infection rates among health workers have also been rising.''
Lowcock said even before the pandemic, Syria had a shortage of health workers, and supply shortages and temporary shutdowns have added ``even more pressure to the decimated health system.''
He said on Aug. 27 the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported among residents at two camps for the displaced in the northeast, al-Hol and Areesha. He said five health care workers at a field hospital in al-Hol had tested positive in the previous weeks.
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HONOLULU _ Hawaii's governor says that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for the coronavirus.
Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that travelers will have to take the test within 72 hours before their flight arrives in the islands. Ige says drug store operator CVS and healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente will conduct the tests.
The state has previously delayed the start of the pre-travel testing program twice as COVID-19 cases spiked on the U.S. mainland and in Hawaii.
Leaders hope pre-travel testing will encourage tourists to return while keeping residents safe. Tourism traffic to the state has plunged more than 90% during the pandemic, closing hundreds of hotels and putting many people out of work.


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