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India on Monday reported a net decrease of 22,056 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 202,131. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.29 per cent (one in 345). The country is thirty fifth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 16,051 cases to take its total caseload to 42,838,524 from 42,822,473 — an increase of 0.04%. And, with 206 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 512,109, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections. With 700,706 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,754,625,710. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,124,284 — or 98.33 per cent of total caseload — with 37,901 new cured cases being reported on Monday.
