{"id":15669,"date":"2021-03-17T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=15669"},"modified":"2021-03-17T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:40:51","slug":"india-records-highest-single-day-spike-in-covid-19-infections-this-year-the-death-toll-increased-to-159044-with-188-new-fatalities-the-highest-in-around-two-months-the-data-updated-at-8-am-showed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=15669","title":{"rendered":"India records highest single-day spike in COVID-19 infections this year The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months, the data updated at 8 am showed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India recorded 28,903 new Coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months, the data updated at 8 am showed.<\/p>\n<p>Registering an increase\u00a0for the seventh day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to\u00a02,34,406\u00a0which now comprises 2.05\u00a0per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.56 per cent, the data stated.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 30,254 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 13.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,45,284,\u00a0while the case fatality rate has\u00a0 dropped to 1.39 per cent, the data stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India recorded 28,903 new Coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. 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