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Stores and businesses stand shuttered on a deserted street during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus at a town in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India, in April. — Stores and businesses stand shuttered on a deserted street during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus at a town in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India, in April.Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

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By Bibhudatta Pradhan and Abhijit Roy Chowdhury

June 21, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC

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After overwhelming India’s megacities, the coronavirus is now moving through the country’s vast hinterland.