Coronavirus / India reports 15,388 new COVID-19 cases, 80 deaths in last 24 hrs

Zoom News : Mar 09, 2021, 10:20 AM
New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded over 15,000 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,12,44,786, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The active cases that have been rising in recent days now stand at 1,87,462.

A total of 15,388 new infections were registered in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,57,930 with 77 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. 

Over 7.4 lakh samples were tested for Covid-19 on Monday, taking a number of total samples tested so far to over 22 crore, said ICMR.

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