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India records more than 44,000 new coronavirus cases

23 Nov 2020 / 12:39 H.

    MUMBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - India has recorded 44,059 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking its total to 9.14 million, data from the health ministry showed on Monday.

    India has the second-highest number of infections in the world, after the United States, but the rate of increase in India has dipped since it hit a peak in September.

    New daily cases have come in at fewer than 50,000 for more than two weeks, according to a Reuters tally.

    Deaths rose by 511, according to the latest health ministry data, taking the total to 133,738.

    (Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar Editing by Robert Birsel)

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