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3,525 new cases in India, COVID-19 tally reaches 74,281

2,415 people have died of the coronavirus in the country



Passengers arriving by various trains, walk outside the railway station after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on May 13, 2020. India's enormous railway network tentatively ground back to life on May 12 as a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown gathered pace even as new cases surged.
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New Delhi: With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Of the total cases, 47,480 are active and 2,415 are fatalities so far while at least 24,385 people have recovered from the disease.

In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases climbed to 24,427 followed by Gujarat that has 8,903 cases and Tamil Nadu has reported 8,718 cases so far.

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Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of deaths, 921, followed by Gujarat (537) and Madhya Pradesh (225).

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At least 7,639 people in the national capital have been infected with the highly contagious coronavirus.

Other states which have reported more than 3,000 cases are Rajasthan (4,126), Madhya Pradesh (3,986) and Uttar Pradesh (3,664).

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