Nagpur, Jul 17 (PTI) Nagpur district in Maharashtra reported 125 new coronavirus cases on Friday, that took its tally of patients to 2,774, officials said.

The virus has so far claimed the lives of 45 people in the district. While 29 of them were from Nagpur, 16 others were from outside the district, an official statement said.

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Till now, as many as 1,733 people have recovered from the infection, it added.

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