India logs fresh 13,451 COVID cases, over 14,000 recoveries in 24 hours; active cases decline to 1.62 lakh

India recorded 13,451 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 585 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the country saw a total of 14,021 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.19 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,35,97,339.

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