More than 11,000 people contracted the virus in India in the last 24-hours. The total number of cases is more than 3,32,175 and over 9,500 people have died.
The total number of cases in India rose from 2 lakh to 3 lakh within 10 days. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases, then in another fortnight, it reached the grim milestone of two lakh cases. It has now become the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic with a caseload of 3,08,993.
Cases in Jammu and Kashmir have breached the 5,000 mark. In the last 24-hours, the UT recorded 163 new cases. Cases in West Bengal rose to 11,000 and the official death toll is 475.
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