NEW DELHI: India's total Covid-19 corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday (May 16), taking it past China, where the pandemic began in the East Asian country last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.
State leaders, businesses and working class Indians have called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reopen the battered economy, but the government is expected to extend the lockdown, which would otherwise expire on Sunday, though with fewer restrictions.
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