NEW DELHI:India reported 45,951 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, taking the country's cumulative Covid-19 infection tally to 30,362,848, the Union ministry of health and family welfare's (MoHFW) dashboard, updated at 8am on Wednesday, showed. In the same period, 817 people succumbed due to the viral disease ,taking the death toll to 398,454 or 1.31 % of the total infections.
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On June 28 and 29, the country saw 46,148 and 37,566 coronavirus cases respectively from the preceding 24-hour period. The respective daily death toll, meanwhile, stood at 979 and 907.
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Wednesday's data also showed a further 60,729 recoveries from Covid-19, taking the total number of such cases to 29,427,330 comprising 96.91% of the national caseload. Active cases also fell further, declining by 15,595 infections to 537,064 or 1.77% of the total cases.
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In terms of vaccination, 3,651,983 more doses were administered in the previous 24 hours, with the total number of doses administered thus far rising to 332,854,527.
