India reports 5-fold surge in COVID-19 cases since new year begins

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test with Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for COVID-19 in Guwahati city of India's northeastern state of Assam, Jan. 9, 2022. India Sunday reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases, which is over a five-fold increase since the beginning of the new year. On Jan. 1, the total number of new cases was only 27,553. (Str/Xinhua)

NEW DELHI, Jan. 10: India Sunday reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases, which is over a five-fold increase since the beginning of the new year. On Jan. 1, the total number of new cases was only 27,553.