Indian paramilitary soldiers stop a Kashmiri man traveling to visit relatives for Eid during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is marked by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. - AP
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (Bernama): India recorded the highest ever single-day spike of 57,118 of fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the total tally to 1,695,988, according to the federal health ministry's latest data.
This is the third consecutive day when fresh Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000, Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua) reported.
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