With 17,296 new Covid-19 cases, India’s tally is at 4.9L

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases went past 17,000 on Friday, pushing India’s tally to 4,90,401, while the death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.

 Updated at 8 am, the data showed the daily COVID-19 cases increased by the highest-ever 17,296 cases. India registered over 14,000 cases for the seventh day in a row and witnessed a surge of 2,99,866 infections from June 1 till 26.

The number of active cases stands at 1,89,463 while 2,85,636 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated figure at 8 am. Thus, around 58.24 per cent patients have recovered so far,” an official said.