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COVID-19 in India: 161 new deaths, highest in 44 days
Updated On: 15 March, 2021 07:52 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
The death toll increased to 1,58,607 on Sunday with 161 new fatalities, the highest in 44 days. Six states, including Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala, account for 84.47 per cent of the new deaths.
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India on Sunday recorded 25,320 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily rise in 84 days, taking the case tally to 1,13,59,048, according to Union health ministry data as of 8 am on Sunday. As many as 26,624 new infections were recorded on December 20.
States like Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh are showing a steep rise in the daily new COVID-19 cases and have accounted for 87.73 per cent of the new instances of the disease reported in a day, the ministry said.
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