India reports highest single day spike of 22,674 new COVID-19 cases, total nearing 850,000

A worker sprays disinfectant to sanitize a temporary gate of a containment zone to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the outskirts of Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 12, 2020. India's federal health ministry on Sunday morning reported 551 new deaths from COVID-19 and 28,637 new cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 22,674 and the total infections to 849,553. (Str/Xinhua)