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Highlights: 4,72,07,134 Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far
The United States continues to be the worst-hit nation in terms of cumulative caseload, followed by Brazil and India. The US also has the most number of fatalities related to Covid-19, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
India registered 46,951 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 212 related deaths on Monday which took the caseload and death toll to 11,646,081 and 159.967 respectively, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard. 11,151,468 people have recovered from the infection so far while the number of active cases have climbed to 334,646. Globally, over 122 million Covid-19 cases and at least 2.71 million related deaths have been recorded, according to data collated by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The United States continues to be the worst-hit nation in terms of cumulative caseload, followed by Brazil and India. The US also has the most number of fatalities related to Covid-19, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
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Total cases: 6,48,872
Total recoveries: 6,33,975
Deaths: 10,963
Active cases: 3,934
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Total cases: 8,68,367
Total recoveries: 8,47,139
Death toll: 12,609
Active cases: 8,619
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Total Cases: 25,04,327
People recovered: 22,34,330 (19,463 today)
Total tested: 1,84,62,030 (1,05,830 today)
City: Mumbai
Total Cases: 3,65,937
New Cases: 3262
Deaths: 11,596 (10 deaths today)
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Total cases: 2,88,649
Total deaths: 4,454
Total discharges: 2,76,348
Total active cases: 7,847
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Total cases 2,15,409
Total recoveries 1,90,399
Death toll 6,382
Active cases 18,628
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Total cases: 9,71,647
Total recoveries: 9,44,917
Death toll: 12,444
Active cases: 14,267
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Total cases: 8,94,044
Total recoveries: 8,84,471
Death toll: 7,191
Active cases: 2,382
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Delhi L-G stresses vaccine coverage with greater outreach in meeting
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