India sees lowest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases in 5 months


Commuters wearing protective face masks wait to board a suburban train after authorities resumed train services for vaccinated passengers amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2021. - Reuters

NEW DELHI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua): India's Covid-19 tally rose to 32,250,679 on Tuesday, as 25,166 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.

It was the lowest single-day spike in the past 154 days, according to the ministry.

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