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India reports 12,591 new Covid cases today, 20% more than yesterday
India reported fresh 12,591 cases on Thursday. The total Covid case tally is now logged at 4.48 crore.
India reported over 12,000 Covid-19 infections on Thursday, an increase of nearly 2,000 cases compared to yesterday. As many as 12,591 cases were registered, the daily Covid-19 report shared by the government showed. The country's active caseload currently stands at 65,286 – 0.14% percent of the total cases.
This is a significant spike compared to the Wednesday's data which showed a total of 10,542 cases, as per the union health ministry's website. Previously, cases marginally dipped earlier this week with 7,633 new infections reported on Tuesday and 9,111 on Monday. The Covid case tally was logged 4.48 crore (44,857,992).
The active cases in the national capital was reported 6,046, with 332 new cases added in the past 24 hours.
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The government data said the discharged cases stood at 44,261,476.
The data also reported that six deaths happened in Delhi, four each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, one each in Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab. Two deaths were reported each in Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In Kerala, two deaths were reported in the past 24 hours and 11 reconciled deaths were reported.
In the north-eastern states where the infection is relatively contained, no new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim while the ministry said Assam was yet to communicate the data.
