Security personnel standing guard before the start of a ceremony to celebrate India's 74th Independence Day, marking the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Saturday (Aug 15). - AFP
NEW DELHI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua): The total Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 2.5 million mark in India on Saturday, reaching 2,526,192, as the total deaths reached 49,036, showed the latest data issued by the federal health ministry.
As many as 65,002 new cases were added to the tally since Friday, while 996 people died in the past 24 hours due to the virus.
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