India records 131 more COVID-19 deaths, 13,203 cases: Health Ministry
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.;
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New Delhi: India registered the lowest number of coronavirus fatalities in over eight months with 131 more deaths being recorded, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
The new fatalities the previous day is the lowest since May 17 when the country registered 120 deaths in a day.
The number of cases rose to 1,06,67,736 with 13,203 more people testing positive for the pathogen. There are 1,84,182 active cases, which is 1.73 percent of of the total infections and it remained below 2 lakh for the sixth consecutive day, according to the ministry data.
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