India Reports 26,291 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest In 2021 For 5th Day In A Row

TPI Staff March 15, 2021

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Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday informed that 26,291 new COVID-19 cases and 118 deaths occurred in India in the past 24, out of which the total number of active cases in the country was 2,19,262.

With this, the total number of positive cases is 1,13,85,339, including 1,10,07,352 recoveries. So far 1,58,725 people in the country have been claimed by coronaviruses.

So far 2,99,08,038 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been taken across the country.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 22,74,07,413 samples have been tested for infection, including 7,03,772 in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra, the most affected state in the country, reported 16,620 new COVID-19 cases, 8,861 discharges and 50 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state’s health department reported on Sunday. Currently, there are 16,630 active cases in the state.

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