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The Maharashtra government has decided to relax the rule for mandatory fortnightly RT-PCR tests of household helps, hotel and restaurant staffers, industrial workers and e-commerce delivery persons.
Earlier on Saturday, India reported 2,34,692 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, setting yet another grim milestone of a highest single-day rise in infections, government data showed. The tally of cases has now gone up to 1,45,26,609, since the pandemic broke out in January last year. The toll rose to 1,75,649, with 1,341 more fatalities since Friday. The number of active cases stood at 16,79,740.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged to keep the Kumbh Mela a “symbolic event”. He made the request to Avdheshanand Giri of Juna Akhada, one of the 13 religious clans participating in the event.
Globally, the coronavirus has infected more than 13.96 crore people and killed 29,97,062 since the pandemic broke out in December 2019, according to the Johns Hopkins University. More than 7.95 crore people have recovered from the infection.
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