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ixty-eight people have died in India after being infected with novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said today, as the country recorded the highest number of cases (601) and deaths (12) in the last 24 hours.
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The fresh cases take the total to 2,902. India has seen an unprecedented increase in COVID-19 count over the last week after hundreds who had attended a controversial religious gathering held by Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat in south Delhi in March tested positive. Worldwide, COVID-19 count has crossed 1 million-mark, over 50,000 have died. The United States registered nearly 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday, the highest any country has recorded in 24 hours. An unprecedented surge has been reported in the number of COVID-19 cases over the last one week in states across the country. From 900 cases last Saturday, including 19 deaths, COVID-19 count is close to touching the 3,000-mark in a week’s time. Hundreds of these cases are linked to the Delhi mosque event, which has become India’s biggest hotspot for the deadly virus.
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