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38,792 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 23% Higher Than Yesterday

July 14, 2021
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New Delhi:
India’s Covid caseload has risen to over 3.09 crore crore with 38,792 new cases, 23% higher than yesterday. 624 deaths in the last 24 hours have taken the total death count to 4,11,408.

  1. 7,243 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, which has the highest number of cases in the country. The fresh cases pushed the tally of infections to over 61.72 lakh and 196 deaths took the death count to 1,26,220.

  2. After Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have the highest number of infections.

  3. In Rajasthan, 11 cases of Kappa variant of the virus have been detected state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. The state logged 28 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

  4. Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Mod on Tuesday flagged the issue of people flocking to hill stations flagrantly flouting the safety norms, the Health Ministry urged people to take predictions about a third wave of Covid seriously. “People are taking predictions about the third wave like weather prediction reports, very casually. The third wave predictions have to be taken very seriously,” said Lav Agarwal, Joint Health Secretary.

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