India's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,053,573 on Saturday, as 15,981 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the Health Ministry's latest data.

Iran PressAsia: According to Xinhua News Agency, 166 deaths due to the pandemic were recorded since Friday morning, taking the total death toll to 451,980.

There are still 201,632 active COVID-19 cases in the country despite a decline of 2,046 active cases during the past 24 hours.

A total of 33,399,961 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 17,861 were discharged during the past 24 hours.

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