India records over 26,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours for First time

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ India saw yet another record single-day jump of 26,506 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 7,93,802 on Friday, while the death toll climbed to 21,604 with 475 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union health ministry data. The number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the 11-million mark.

According to Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 1,10,24,491 samples have been tested up to July 9 with 2,83,659 samples being tested on Thursday. The number of recoveries stands at 4,95,512 while there are 2,76,685 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country, the updated data at 8 am showed.

“Thus, around 62.42 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases included foreigners. Of the 475 new deaths reported, 219 are from Maharashtra, 65 from Tamil Nadu, 45 from Delhi, 27 from West Bengal, 17 from Uttar Pradesh, 16 from Karnataka, 15 from Gujarat, 13 from Andhra Pradesh.