FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing a protective mask takes part in disinfecting a public bus, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India could face between around 100,000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus by mid-May if it continues to spread at its current pace, according to a team of scientists based mainly in the United States.
The estimates reinforce concerns among some medical officials and experts in India that the country of 1.4 billion people could see coronavirus cases jump sharply in the coming weeks and put its health system under severe strain.
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