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| Coronavirus Live: India Logs 132,788 Lakh New Covid-19 Cases |
Coronavirus Live: India on Wednesday recorded 132,788 lakh new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the past 24 hours, a marked increase from Tuesday's single-day spike, showed data shared by the Union health ministry at 8am on Wednesday. '
With this, the country's cumulative infection tally has crossed 28.3 million, mounting to 28,307,832. As many as 3,207 new deaths were also recorded in this duration, which took the nationwide fatality toll to 335,102.
India's daily Covid-19 cases had been witnessing a sharp dip for a while. It decreased gradually in the last four weeks as the measured lockdowns in parts of the country churned out results.
Less than 3,000 new deaths — 2,795, to be exact — were also reported yesterday for the first time in 36 days, projecting expectations for an upswing.
According to the Union ministry of health and family welfare, as many as 25,947,629 patients in India have recovered from Covid-19 till now, which accounts for a 92.09% recovery rate nationwide.