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New Delhi:
India has reported 48,916 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 13,36,861, data shared by centre showed today. The country also witnessed 757 virus-related deaths during the period, taking the total fatalatirs in country to 31,358. India is sixth worst-hit coronavirus nation in terms of deaths after the US, Brazil, Britain, Mexico and Italy. The recovery rate is 63.53 per cent and positivity rate is 11.62 per cent. The highest number of samples were tested on Friday, with 4,20,898 samples collected. This is the third consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 45,000.
