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Roundup: India s COVID-19 tally crosses 29 mln as daily spike remains below 100,000, gov t deals with vaccine shortage 2021-06-09 09:05:24 GMT2021-06-09 17:05:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Pankaj Yadav
NEW DELHI, June 9 (Xinhua) India s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 29 million mark reaching 29,089,069 on Wednesday after 92,596 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the country s health ministry.
It was the second consecutive day that less than 100,000 new cases were registered.
Besides, 2,219 deaths were registered since Tuesday morning, taking the total tally to 353,528.
There are still 1,231,415 active cases in the country, a decrease of 72,287 in 24 hours. The number of daily active cases has been on the decline over the past few days, after a continuous surge since mid-April.