Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.This marks a slight uptick in the new reported cases after falling to a 63-day low of 86,498 on Tuesday.

The cumulative caseload now stands at 2,90,89,069.The new fatalities saw a slight increase in the last 24 hours too, with 2,219 more people succumbing to the disease.The number stood at 2,123 on Tuesday.

With this, the death toll due to Covid-19 in the country has reached 3,53,528.On the brighter side, India has outnumbered newly reported cases once again with 1,62,664 people getting discharged between Tuesday and Wednesday.

This has taken the total number of discharges to 2,75,04,126.As a result, the active tally dipped below 12,31,415, decreasing by 72,287 in.

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United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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