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India records 28,903 fresh COVID-19 infections in past 24 hours 

| @indiablooms | Mar 17, 2021, at 03:37 pm

New Delhi: India witnessed the highest daily spike of COVID-19 cases in recent times as the country recorded 28,903 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.

During the same period, 188 deaths have been recorded.

The total death toll due to the disease now stands at 1,59,044.

There are 2,34,406 active cases in the country at present.

So far,  1,10,45,284 people have recovered from the disease.

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