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Amid a steady decline in the number of Covid-19 infections, India logged 2,40,842 new cases and 3,741 fatalities during the last 24 hours, marking the seventh consecutive day when the daily caseload remained under the three lakh mark.
With the latest addition, the country’ Covid caseload has surged to 2.65 crore while the death toll has risen to 2.99 lakh.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7 last, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19 last year.
India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4 this year.
(With PTI inputs)
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