COVID-19: India logs 10,753 new cases, 27 deaths
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India registered 10,753 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, a 3% drop compared to Friday's 11,109 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data released on Saturday morning. The country's tally of coronavirus infections has now increased to 4,48,08,022. Meanwhile, with 27 new fatalities on Friday, the death toll rose to 5,31,091.
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