Shimla, Sep 22 (PTI) Four more people died of coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 3,643, while 212 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 2,17,615, a health official said.

Of the fresh deaths, two were reported from Shimla and one each from Hamirpur and Mandi, he said.

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As many as 100 more patients recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours, the official said.

The active cases on Wednesday rose to 1,823 from 1,711, he said.

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The total number of recoveries was 2,12,133, the official said.

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