COVID: Delhi reported 3,000 or more fresh cases between Friday and Sunday (Representational)
India recorded the steepest single-day jump in coronavirus cases and deaths linked to the highly infectious illness as 15,968 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours and 465 patients died, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This takes the country's coronavirus tally to 456,183 cases and 14,476 deaths.
Delhi's total number of COVID-19 cases crossed the 66,000-mark on Tuesday with the biggest single-day spike of 3,947 fresh infections, while the death count due to the disease mounted to 2,301, authorities said. The national capital reported 3,000 or more fresh cases between Friday and Sunday. On Monday, 2,909 cases were recorded in the city. Sixty-eight people died due to novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a Delhi health department bulletin said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: 15,968 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours
India recorded the steepest single-day jump in coronavirus cases and deaths linked to the highly infectious illness as 15,968 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours and 465 patients died, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This takes the country's coronavirus tally to 456,183 cases and 14,476 deaths.
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