India has cancelled an historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of the contested Kashmir region for the first time, as cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise.
There were 37,724 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to federal health data released on Wednesday. India has reported almost 1.2 million cases overall, behind only the United States and Brazil.
Organisers of the Amarnath Yatra, where saffron-clad Hindu ascetics walk 46km (28 miles) to the cave across glaciers and waterlogged trails, said a "very sharp" spike in coronavirus cases had forced the cancellation.
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