India coronavirus cases stay below 50k for 25th straight day

MUMBAI: India's

daily coronavirus cases

continued to stay below the 50,000 mark for the

25th straight day

, with 36,604 new infections reported, data from

the health ministry

showed on Wednesday.


The country now has 9.5 million

total infections

, but cases have been dipping since a peak in September, in spite of a busy festival season last month.

Daily cases rose by less than 40,000 for the third straight day on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally.

Deaths rose by 501, the health ministry said, with the total now at 138,122.

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