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India Records 4,575 New Covid Cases, 14.5% Higher Than Tuesday

By Kashmir Age Online On Mar 9, 2022

India on Wednesday reported a total of 4,575 new COVID-19 infections, taking the Covid tally to 4,29,75,883. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases dipped to 46,962.

With 145 fresh fatalities, the death count climbed to 5,15,355 so far. Of the new deaths, 100 were added as backlog in Kerala.

The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 31 consecutive days, and it is the third straight day the new case count has been under 5,000 cases.

Yesterday, the country recorded 3,993 new Covid cases, the lowest daily spike in 662 days.

The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has marginally improved to 98.69 per cent, the ministry said.