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India’s daily COVID-19 infections rise to five-month high

  • 25 Mar 2021
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People wearing protective masks crowd a marketplace amidst the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India. Reuters

India added 53,476 COVID-19 infections overnight, the highest daily rise since Oct.23, the health ministry data showed on Thursday.

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India has 11.8 million COVID-19 cases, the third-highest amount behind the United States and Brazil.

The country reported 251 new deaths, taking the overall tally to 160,692, the data showed.

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