Countries — such as India — battling their first waves of COVID-19 activity pushed the global COVID-19 total past 13.5 million, as countries that successfully contained the virus, including Japan and Hong Kong, took aim at new flare-ups.The world's total grew to 13,666,118, along with 586,369 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.India, Iran among countries fighting surgesIndia, the world's third hardest-hit country, today reported a record daily high of 32,695 cases, with yet another state ordering a new lockdown, National Public Radio reported.
Goa state, on the country's western coast, ordered a 3-day lockdown and nighttime curfew, which comes just 2 weeks after it reopened to tourists.Earlier this week, other parts of