Covid-19 LIVE: Maharashtra reports 27,126 new Covid-19 cases, tally past 2.44M

The US, India and Brazil occupy the first, second and third positions, respectively in terms of the caseload of Covid-19.

A health worker collects swab samples of people to for Covid-19 test at Civil Hospital Sector 45 in Chandigarh. (Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times)

India recorded 40,953 new Covid-19 cases, the Union ministry of health and family welfare’s (MohFW) dashboard showed on Saturday morning. Active caseload, meanwhile, reached 288,394 and 188 more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded during the same period which took the death toll to 159,558. Recoveries continued to rise, as per the data, as 20,654 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking total recovered cases to 11,107,332....Read More

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• 20 Mar 2021, 07:41:24 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:53:00 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:30:34 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:28:02 PM IST

  Andhra Pradesh reports 380 new cases

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:26:49 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu reports 1,243 fresh cases, eight deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:24:55 PM IST

  Karnataka reports 1,798 new cases, seven deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 06:05:01 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 05:59:20 PM IST

  Jammu and Kashmir records 140 new cases, one death

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• 20 Mar 2021, 05:25:22 PM IST

  Schools in TN from classes 9-11 to be closed from March 22

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• 20 Mar 2021, 04:52:16 PM IST

  Restrictions in Nagpur extended until March 31

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• 20 Mar 2021, 04:12:35 PM IST

  Delhi reports 813 new cases, two deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 03:20:45 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 02:01:47 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 01:58:04 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 01:36:11 PM IST

  Russia reports 9,632 new cases, 392 deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 12:54:27 PM IST

  Arunachal Pradesh reports zero new cases in past 24 hours

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• 20 Mar 2021, 12:53:12 PM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 12:45:25 PM IST

  Dharavi records 272 new cases

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• 20 Mar 2021, 12:01:34 PM IST

  Pakistan records 3,876 new cases, 40 deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 11:56:48 AM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 11:43:38 AM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 10:30:24 AM IST

  India reports 40,953 new cases, 188 deaths

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• 20 Mar 2021, 10:16:28 AM IST

  Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,033

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• 20 Mar 2021, 10:05:46 AM IST

  Mizoram's Covid-19 tally rises to 4,446

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• 20 Mar 2021, 09:56:59 AM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 09:18:14 AM IST

  Thane district's Covid-19 count up by 1,949, death toll by 8

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• 20 Mar 2021, 08:25:07 AM IST

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• 20 Mar 2021, 07:41:18 AM IST

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