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New Delhi, February 16: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that India recorded 9,121 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. With this, the national count reached 10,925,710.
According to the Ministry of Health, the downward trend in active cases continued, falling to 136,872. The country also registered 81 new deaths from the disease in the aforementioned period, bringing the national figure to 1,55,813.
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An increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra is of concern to the Center. Three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, account for 76.5% of the total active cases in India.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Deputy Minister Ajit Pawar said that the government might have to make some tough decisions as people have stopped observing proper COVID behavior.
On Monday, Maharashtra reported 3,365 new Covid cases, 23 deaths and 3,105 recoveries. In total, the worst affected state in India has reported 2,067,643 cases, 51,552 deaths and 1,978,708 recoveries.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry said that the number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country has exceeded 85 lakh.
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