India cancels historic Hindu pilgrimage as coronavirus cases mount

India cancels historic Hindu pilgrimage as coronavirus cases mount
# 22 July 2020 22:24 (UTC +04:00)

India has cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, as cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise on Wednesday, APA reports citing Reuters.

There were 37,724 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to federal health data released on Wednesday. India has reported almost 1.2 million cases overall, behind only the United States and Brazil.

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