The total number of novel coronavirus cases in India today surged to XXXXXX, after 1,540 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Along with that, the number of Covid-19 deaths in the country increased to 559, it said. So far, India has 14,255 active cases.

There are also 77 foreign nationals who are affected by the virus. There are at least 2,841 patients who have been discharged or cured from the highly contagious disease and one has migrated from the country.

According to the Monday morning data from the health ministry, at least 2,546 people have recovered from the infection, showing that the recovery rate has gone up to over 14.75%, an improvement over

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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