New Delhi: India has reported 6,566 new novel coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. This is the seventh consecutive day that over 6,000 fresh COVID-19 cases have been detected. 194 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours; this is the second-highest number of deaths in a 24-hour period since the outbreak began. The total number of cases is now 1,58,333, the total number of deaths is 4,531 and the number of people who have recovered is 67,692, according to data from the Union Health Ministry this morning. On Wednesday the government said India had crossed the 1.5-lakh mark with 6,387 fresh cases reported the day before. Earlier this week India became the tenth most-affected country following four consecutive days of record spikes in daily cases. The fourth phase of the lockdown is scheduled to end on Sunday, with no confirmation yet if it will be extended for a fifth time.
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