New virus outbreaks raise alarm as India cases hit 1 million

Health workers screen people for Covid19 symptoms at a residential building in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, July 17, 2020. India crossed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday, third only to the United States and Brazil, prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country’s feeble health care system. - AP

MITO, Japan (AP): Fresh coronavirus outbreaks, even in places as far flung as China’s western Xinjiang region, are prompting moves to guard against the pandemic, as the number of cases approaches 14 million.

India on Friday said it had surpassed 1 million cases, third only to the United States and Brazil, with more than 25,000 deaths. That followed Brazil's announcement that the country had passed 2 million cases and 76,000 deaths - 1,000 fatalities a day, on average, since late May on a gruesome plateau yet to fall.