INDIA-COVID-19-RESURGENCE

INDIA-COVID-19-RESURGENCE

(220426) -- BANGALORE, April 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People ride on the road in Bangalore, India, April 26, 2022. After local governments across India lifted all the pandemic related restrictions and even dropped the mandatory wearing of face masks, the country is once again witnessing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 infections. On Tuesday, 2,483 new cases were recorded during a 24-hour time span. (Str/Xinhua)

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