With over 24,000 new covid cases, India s tally crosses 1.14 crore
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March 16, 2021
New Delhi, Mar 16: India recorded 24,492 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the country s infection tally to 1,14,09,831, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,58,856 with 131 more fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 9 am showed.
Registering an upward trend for five days in a row, the total active caseload has gone up to 2,23,432 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country, while the recovery rate has dropped to 96.68 per cent, the data stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,27,543, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.39 per cent, according to the data.
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