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Covid-19: Maharashtra, 5 others account for nearly 80% of new cases in India
India clocks in 62,714 new Covid casesMeanwhile, India clocked in 62,714 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 1,19,71,624, said the Union health ministry on Sunday.The new infections reported only a slight jump as compared to Saturday, when the country had seen 62,258 more people testing positive for the virus.India had tested 24,09,50,842 samples for Covid-19 until Saturday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).Out of these, 11,81,289 were tested on Saturday.The country has so far administered 6,02,69,782 anti-Covid jabs, crossing the six-crore milestone.The five-crore mark in vaccination was crossed on 23 March.Following this, the Centre on Saturday chaired a high-level meet with 12 States