Covid-19 death toll rises to 2,206; cases above 67,000

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The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 in the country on Monday

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New Delhi: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.

"Thus, around 31.15 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.

A total 97 deaths were reported since Sunday morning, of which 53 were in Maharashtra, 21 in Gujarat, 14 in West Bengal, three from Tamil Nadu and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Haryana and Rajasthan.