India on Tuesday reported over 18,000 new Covid-19 cases taking the tally to 5,66,840 in the country. The daily-increase of cases recorded on Tuesday was slightly down from Sunday`s record of 19,906 cases. With 418 fresh deaths recorded, the death toll now stands at 16,893 in the country. Despite the rising caseload, the recovery rate of patients is fast approaching 60 per cent , the Health Ministry said. As on date, there are 1,19,696 more recovered patients than Covid-19 active cases. Meanwhile, according to ICMR, a cumulative total of 86,08,654 samples have been tested up to June 29 with 2,10,292 samples tested on Monday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the...
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