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NEW DELHI: India reported more than 12,000 new Covid-19 cases for the second straight day with infections continuing to surge in several states. As many as 324 deaths from the virus were reported on Sunday, taking the total toll past 9,500.
India’s coronavirus caseload rose to 3.33 lakh on Sunday, as per data collated from the states, while the number of recovered patients was over 1.69 lakh. There were 12,156 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, marginally lower than Saturday’s record count of 12,368.
Several states, including Delhi (2,224 fresh cases), Andhra Pradesh (294), Assam (331) and Chhattisgarh (199) reported their highest number of infections in a day. Besides, Maharashtra (3,390), Tamil