Coronavirus: India reports highest-ever daily surge with 3,86,452 new COVID-19 cases
India on Friday posted a record daily rise of over 3.86 lakh new Covid-19 cases and continued to post over 3,000 deaths for the third consecutive day, as per Union Health Ministry data.
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FollowIndia saw a record single-day rise of 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,87,62,976, while active cases crossed the 31-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Friday.
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India has been seeing over 3 lakh new cases every day for over a week now after the country first topped the 3-lakh mark on April 22 when 314,835 cases tested positive.
The death toll increased to 2,08,330 with 3,498 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 31,70,228 comprising 16.90% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 81.99%.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 53,84,418. The case fatality rate stands 1.11%, the data stated.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has tested 28,63,92,086 samples tested up to April 29. Of these 19,20,107 samples were tested on Thursday.
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