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NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (KUNA) -- India said on Thursday that 942 people died following COVID-19 infection and 66,999 new cases were registered from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in its latest data that death toll following coronavirus infections in the country rose to 47,033 while total positive cases jumped to 2,396,637.
According to the ministry data so far 1,695,982 people have recovered from the pandemic as it spread to 35 Indian states.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Gujarat and Bihar are the worst affected Indian states.
The government issued recently fresh guidelines for the third phase of unlock and relaxed the lock-down restrictions in areas outside containment zones.
The new guidelines lifted night curfews imposed in the country and movement of people or goods across the country is permitted with no additional pass.
Metro services, cinema halls and swimming pools, entertainment parks, bars, theatres, auditoriums and other social gathering places will also be shut.
Large gatherings and social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions will not be permitted, the guidelines said. (end)
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