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India sees another dip, records 70,421 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

| @indiablooms | Jun 14, 2021, at 03:08 pm

New Delhi: India witnessed another dip in the daily counts as 70,421 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, the lowest figure in 72 days, showed the data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

However, fatality figures continued to remain high as 3921 people died due to the virus during the same period.

The total death toll due to COVID-19 in India now stands at 3,74,305.

1,19,501  patients were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours.

There are 9,73,158 active cases in the country at present.

India has been witnessing a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.

People are seen struggling for hospital beds, oxygen supply in this phase.

Even the crematoriums and burial grounds were overwhelmed due to the increase in deaths due to the virus which is believed to have originated from China.

The active cases, meanwhile, have declined to 973,158 and constitute 3.49 per cent of the caseload.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 37,96,24,626 samples tested for Covid-19 till June 13, 2021. Of these, 14,92,152 samples were tested yesterday.

State-wise, Tamil Nadu added 14,106 cases to the country's daily numbers. It was followed by Kerala (11,584 cases) and Maharashtra (10,442 cases).

Meanwhile, a total of 253,195,048 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 disease in India till now of which 3,484,239 were inoculated in the last 24 hours. Of these, 3,103,522 received the first dose while 380,717 received both doses.

Globally, there have been 17,53,06,598 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 37,92,777 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) with the USA accounting for the highest number of coronavirus infections followed by India and Brazil.

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