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India Covid Cases Slow; Thai Death Toll at Record: Virus Update

Why Is Covid Devastating India?
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost a crucial election as India’s Covid crisis deepens, with an official in his Bharatiya Janata Party conceding defeat in the populous state of West Bengal. Modi had been widely criticized for continuing to hold mass rallies in the state as infections rose.