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HONG KONG, July 4 (Xinhua): The spread of the coronavirus has been accelerating in South and South-East Asia on Friday as India reported over 20,000 cases for the first time, while the Philippines recorded its biggest daily jump of 1,531 new infections.
India's health ministry on Friday morning said 379 new deaths and 20,903 positive cases were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 18,213 and total cases to 625,544.
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