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New Delhi residents line up to get nose and throat swabs at a Covid-19 testing centre, as new data showed the biggest daily jump in new infections since the pandemic began. Hopes at the start of the year that the outbreak may be subsiding in the vast nation of 1.3 billion people have been dashed in recent weeks with a fresh wave of new cases. ++COMPLETES V045_97E2B4++ IMAGES
New Delhi residents line up to get nose and throat swabs at a Covid-19 testing centre, as new data showed the biggest daily jump in new infections since the pandemic began. Hopes at the start of the year that the outbreak may be subsiding in the vast nation of 1.3 billion people have been dashed in recent weeks with a fresh wave of new cases. On Monday health ministry data showed new infections exceeding 100,000 for the first time. IMAGES
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People take Covid-19 swab tests in New Delhi as India posts a global one-day record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections. IMAGES
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