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COVID tally nears 4 lakh

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NEW DELHI: India on Saturday saw another record spike of 14,516 COVID-19 cases, pushing the total tally to 3,95,048, with over two lakh instances of the viral infection reported in June, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll rose to 12,948 with 375 new fatalities, it stated. In 24 hours 9,120 COVID-19 patients have been cured taking the number of recoveries to 2,13,830.
There were 1,68,269 active cases in the country and one patient has migrated.
“Thus, around 54.13 per cent of the patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.
For the ninth day in a row, coronavirus cases in the country swelled by over 10,000. From June 1 till June 20, the country recorded 2,04,513 instances of the disease with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh being the top five states that have seen a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia.
According to Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world, India is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll. (PTI)

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