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India recorded 1.68 lakh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, with this, the total number of active cases has now crossed 12 lakh. Data from the live tracker maintained by John Hopkins University indicates that while the US continues to lead the ranks with more than 31,197,500 cases till date, India has now overtaken Brazil to rank a distant second. France and Russia round out the top five.
As per Health Ministry data, India reported 1,68,912 new COVID-19 cases, 75,086 discharges and 904 deaths in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state clocking more than a third of the new cases, followed by Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.
In the meantime, India has administered 10,45,28,565 COVID-19 vaccines as of Monday morning. As per an update shared by the Health Ministry, 1.29 crore individuals have received the second dose of the vaccines. The Indian government has recently ramped up inoculation efforts, initiating a Tika Utsav.
